Top billed cast

1. 

   Oliver Cotton

   Cesare Borgia

2. 

   Maurice O'Connell

   Michelotto

3. 

   Anne-Louise Lambert

   Lucrezia Borgia

4. 

   Louis Selwyn

   Jofre Borgia

5. 

   Adolfo Celi

   Rodrigo Borgia

6. 

   Ralph Nossek

   Johann Burchard

7. 

   Eleanor David

   Sancia

8. 

   Barbara Shelley

   Vannozza Canale

9. 

   Alfred Burke

   Giuliano della Rovere

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Season 1

1981 | 10 Episodes

Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-08-23

The BBC took quite a few risks with this ten part dramatisation of the lives of the infamous Borgia family that dominated Vatican politics in the late 15th century. Aside from established "Bond" villain Adolfo Celi as patriarch Alexander VI, they avoided using a cast of familiar-faced actors to tell this story and it largely works. It starts with the death of Innocent VIII and takes us through the machinations of the electoral college which serves well to introduces to the other players: sons Cesare (Oliver Cotton) and Jofre (Louis Selwyn) and daughter Lucrezia (Anne-Louise Lambert) as well as...read the rest

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Status
Ended

Original Language
English

Original Name
The Borgias

Keywords

• italy
• rome, italy
• leonardo da vinci
• religion
• miniseries
• historical drama
• renaissance
• 15th century