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The Age of Cosimo de Medici

L'eta di Cosimo de Medici (1972)

Biographical, Historical | Italy

Director: Roberto Rossellini

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Rating: 7.3/10

SYNOPSIS

This is a lengthy exposition of the social and political history of renaissance Florentine history, told through dramatised conversations between the main participants, particularly Cosimo de Medici and Brunelleschi. Among its themes are commerce and banking, artistic and scientific advances such as perspective and early automation of manufacturing processes, political processes such as taxation and voting and conflict.

Actors

Writer: Francesco Guicciardini, Niccolò Machiavelli

RUNTIME: 255 min

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