At the turn of the sixteenth century, Michelangelo (Mark Frankel), Raphael (Andrea Prodan), and Leonardo Da Vinci (John Glover) create their masterpieces, while dealing with religious persecution, political turmoil, and the discovery of America.
F. Murray Abraham
as Papa Giulio II
Mark Frankel
as Michelangelo Buonarroti
Vittorio Amandola
as Cardinale
Steven Berkoff
as Girolamo Savonarola
Pier Paolo Capponi
as Burchard
Alessandro Gassmann
as Francesco Granacci
Ian Holm
as Lorenzo de' Medici
Ornella Muti
as Onoria
Daniela Poggi
as Bianca
Remo Remotti
as Pier Leoni
Ricky Tognazzi
as Niccolò Machiavelli
Raf Vallone
as Ambasciatore spagnolo