Leonardo da Vinci and the Bust of Flora

Overview

Acquired in July 1909 by art collector Wilhelm von Bode (1845-1929), director general of the Prussian Art Collections and founding director of the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum, now the Bode-Museum, the Bust of Flora, Roman goddess of flowers, has been the subject of controversy for more than a century.

Directed by Margarete Kreuzer

Top cast

P

Peter Garloff

Wilhelm von Bode

Claudia Michelsen

Self - Narrator (voice)

N

Neville Rowley

Self - Museums of Berlin Curator

P

Paul Hofmann

Self - Art Restorer

U

Ulrike Wolff-Thomsen

Self - Art Historian

M

Michael Eissenhauer

Self - Museums of Berlin General Director

H

Harry Willis Fleming

Self - Art Collector

F

Francesco Caglioti

Self - Art Historian

V

Vincent Delieuvin

Self - Louvre Museum Curator

I

Ina Reiche

Self - Chemist

L

Lucile Beck

Self - Physicist

H

Hans Henrik Wöhler

Self - Additional Narrator (voice)

C

Christian Senger

Self - Additional Narrator (voice)

Nora Jokhosha

Self - Additional Narrator (voice)

Andreas Hofer

Self - Additional Narrator (voice)

Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany

Self (archive footage)

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