The Mona Lisa Myth

Cast

Aaron Stielstra

as Niccolò Machiavelli

Frank Messina

as Francesco Del Giocondo

Roberto Visconti

as Ser Piero

Marcello Sbigoli

as Agostino Vespucci

Alessio Arzilli

as Salaì

Nick Chandler

as Francesco Melzi

Rosario Campisi

as Cardinal D'Aragon

Sergio Di Pasquale Luci

as Secretary De Beatis

Alessandro Demcenko

as Leonardo da Vinci

Peter Xifo

as Leonardo after 1513

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