Pestilence (Medici: Masters of Florence)

"**Pestilence**"
"Pestilence"
Medici: Masters of Florence episode
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 3
Directed by	Christian Duguay; Sergio Mimica-Gezzan;
Written by	Nicholas Meyer; Sophie Petzal;
Story by	Frank Spotnitz
Teleplay by	Nicholas Meyer
Produced by	Luca Bernabei; Matilde Bernabei; Luisa Cotta Ramosino; Sara Melodia; Sharon Remmer; Piergiuseppe Serra; Frank Spotnitz; Emily Feller; Daniele Passani; Corrado Trionfera;
Featured music	Paolo Buonvino
Cinematography by	Vittorio Omodei Zorini; Alessandro Signori; Alessandro Pesci;
Editing by	Lorenzo Fanfani; Tim Murrell; Scott Powell;
Production codes	Lux Vide; Rai Fiction;
Original air date	October 25, 2016
Running time	51 min
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"Pestilence" is the third episode of the first season of the TV series Medici: Masters of Florence, directed by Christian Duguay and Sergio Mimica-Gezzan.^[1]^[2] It got 6.73 million viewers in Italy.^[3]

Summary[]

Florence is hit by the Black Plague and Cosimo moves the family to the safety of their estate outside the city. Albizzi turns the people against Cosimo and his dome blaming the plague on God's wrath at the Medici's usury. Cosimo returns to Florence and turns the cathedral into a hospice for plague victims to save the dome. Lorenzo overrules Contessina and sells the family's wool business making their financial problems public. Albizzi has Cosimo arrested after Marco breaks into a house to gather evidence on Giovanni's murder. Twenty years earlier, Cosimo and Contessina struggle to trust each other and make their marriage work.

Cast[]

Richard Madden as Cosimo de' Medici
Dustin Hoffman as Giovanni
Stuart Martin as Lorenzo
Annabel Scholey as Contessina
Guido Caprino as Marco Bello
Alessandro Sperduti as Piero
Valentina Bellè as Lucrezia
Ken Bones as Ugo Bencini
Lex Shrapnel as Rinaldo Albizzi
Brian Cox as Guadagni
Brando Leon Rustici as Vieri
Michael Schermi as Ricciardo
Eugenio Franceschini as Ormando Albizzi
Tatjana Nardone as Emilia
Frances Barber as Piccarda
Alessandro Preziosi as Brunelleschi
Marcello Paesano as Captain
Alessandro Parise as Man
Alberto Sette as Corona
Marco Pancrazi as Corona's Servant
Arturo Scognamiglio as Medici Guard
Antonio Santoro as Man nº3
Denise McNee as Elderly Nun
Clio Evans as Woman nº2
Ilir Jacellari as Jailer
Jacopo Olmo Antinori as Bastiano Soderini
Mattia Bisonni as Young boy
Callum Blake as Carlo de' Medici
Max Cruciani as Duke of Milan
Sebastian De Souza as Sandro Botticelli
Edward Dring as Niccolò Machiavelli
Johnny Harris as Bruno Bernardi
Synnove Karlsen as Clarice de' Medici
John Lynch as Pope Sixtus IV
Alessandra Mastronardi as Lucrezia Donati
Francesco Montanari as Girolamo Savonarola
Sarah Parish as Lucrezia de' Medici
Toby Regbo as Tommaso Peruzzi
Jack Roth as Girolamo Riario
Aurora Ruffino as Bianca de' Medici
Daniel Sharman as Lorenzo de' Medici
Ray Stevenson as King Ferrante
Gaia Weiss as Ippolita Sforza
Rose Williams as Caterina Sforza Riario

References[]

^ "Medici: Masters Of Florence Season 1 Episode 3 — Pestilence". Sbs.com.au. SBS on Demand. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
^ "Medici: Masters of Florence". Netflix.com. Archived from the original on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
^ Buonocore, Mattia (26 October 2016). "MARTEDI 25 OTTOBRE 2016. I MEDICI SI ASSESTANO SUL 25.7% (6,5 MLN), CANALE 5 AL 9.9%. LA7 (4.2%) BATTE RETE 4 (4%), MEDIASET EXTRA OTTAVO CANALE (1.8%) FA QUASI IL DOPPIO DI TV8 (0.9%) E DI NOVE (1%)". Ascolti TV (in Italian). NanoPress. Retrieved 2 November 2018.

External links[]

Pestilence at IMDb

[1] "Medici: Masters Of Florence Season 1 Episode 3 — Pestilence". Sbs.com.au. SBS on Demand. Retrieved 5 February 2019.

[2] "Medici: Masters of Florence". Netflix.com. Archived from the original on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2019.

[3] Buonocore, Mattia (26 October 2016). "MARTEDI 25 OTTOBRE 2016. I MEDICI SI ASSESTANO SUL 25.7% (6,5 MLN), CANALE 5 AL 9.9%. LA7 (4.2%) BATTE RETE 4 (4%), MEDIASET EXTRA OTTAVO CANALE (1.8%) FA QUASI IL DOPPIO DI TV8 (0.9%) E DI NOVE (1%)". Ascolti TV (in Italian). NanoPress. Retrieved 2 November 2018.

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