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| Director: Renato Castellani
Actors: Philippe Leroy, Giulio Bosetti, Ann Odessa, Glauco Onorato, Filippo Scelzo
Studio: Questar
Buy New: $29.99
New (1) Used (5) from $7.99
Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 16533
Format: Box Set, Color, Ntsc
Language: Italian (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 3
Running Time: 270 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6303400396
UPC: 033937022210
EAN: 9780927992206
ASIN: 6303400396
Theatrical Release Date: August 13, 1972
Release Date: April 30, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: NEW/SEALED!
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 6-10 of 24
 Be Sure To Buy The VHS Version, NOT the DVD! January 2, 2006
Charles R. Boyd (Rochester, NY)
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
My wife told me about having seen this series about Leonardo Da Vinci when she was a child. It had stuck with her for over 30 years, and she dearly wanted to see it again. After doing some research on The Internet Movie Database, we determined this was the series she had seen. At first, I ordered the DVD edition. Then, I read the reviews. (I know. I did this in the wrong order.) When I read that the narrator had been cut out of the DVD version, I asked my wife about it. She told me that the narrator was one of the best elements of the series! I immediately cancelled the previous order, and ordered the VHS edition instead. Boy, am I glad! I can't imagine this series being anywhere near as good without the character of the narrator who walks through the scenes and interacts with some of the historical characters. The narrator is a charming, creative, and essential element of this series. Cutting the character out of the DVD edition was sheer idiocy!
Fascinating!!! January 18, 2004
Nissim Dery (New York, USA)
13 out of 18 found this review helpful
This DVD is focused more on the historical aspect of Da Vinci's life. It is very comprehensive and will give you great detail about his life. I really recommend this DVD to any Renaissance fan or anybody that want to witness our true potential as human beings. Da Vinci invented the parachute before people could fly or even thought about it...
I was in particular fascinated about the extra material in this two DVD package, offered a more artistic information about his masterpieces.
Any Da Vinci fan will love this DVD although I think it still does not truly reflect the maestro's legacy.
Perfect May 31, 2004
A. Savin (Cambridge, UK)
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
Made in Italy in 1972, with superb acting from Philippe Leroy and supporting cast. What is most fascinating, however, are the reconstructions of Leonardo's many artistic and mechanical masterpieces, some of which have been lost. The costumes, the sets and camera are all flawless. One of the best documentaries of all time.
Comprehensive And Serious Study Of Leonardo December 5, 2000
Jeff Marzano (Essex Junction, VT USA)
11 out of 21 found this review helpful
This video set provides a lot of historical perspective on the strange life of Leonardo da Vinci who was without question one of the weirdest people who ever lived.
It's difficult to really compare him to anyone else such as other people who are generally considered geniuses today. He seemed to be someone who was good at many things but only wanted to do things that he was interested in and he often left things unfinished.
What was unique about da Vinci was the combination of artistic and scientific interests. He seemed to have basically unlimited energy and curiousity.
Leonardo was in some ways very fortunate because he was held in the very highest esteem by some rich people. The king of France treated him almost like royality. Here's a guy who would think nothing of sending thousands of soldiers into a human meat grinder but yet he felt that Leonardo was one of the greatest men that ever lived.
Leonardo was treated very well by the standards of the day and he always seemed to have money. A lot of these guys he worked for were killers including the guy he put on all those pagents for. That was also the guy who's young ambitious wife died as fate eventually always returns sadness to the cruel and greedy.
Leonardo had his hard times also and really never had a home until old age. I think he had a hard time fitting his intense interests into the primitive social structure of the times.
Were he alive today da Vinci would most likely be a surgeon or scientist or at least he would try to become these things.
Leonardo came close to being burned at the stake for something he would say and get involved in some 500 years in the future. Something that exists outside of time.
But fortunately he is remembered for his great spiritual paitings, especially The Last Supper which miraculously has somehow survived after beginning to deteriorate soon after it was finished due to using the wrong types of paiting methods.
He tried to create a gigantic oil painting on a wall and he treated the wall like a gigantic canvas.
Plato: Apology
 Good but not Accurate November 19, 2002
William R. Shouse (Tucson, AZ United States)
10 out of 14 found this review helpful
I found this video insightful towards Leonardos life, but much is based on speculation and made-up scenarios. After studying Leonardos life for years, I've learned that this video only captures a small portion of leonardos life, missing soo many important documented discoveries he made. The video also misses his complex cognitive processes which is documented in his notebooks and what is truely favored by most people. The video lacks in many dimensions but is a good beginners introduction into the meistros life.
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