| Borgia | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Historical fiction |
| Created by | Tom Fontana |
| Directed by | Oliver Hirschbiegel |
| Starring |
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| Country of origin | France Germany |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Takis Candilis Tom Fontana Anne Thomopoulos Barry Levinson |
| Producer(s) | Klaus Zimmermann Fabrice de la Patellièr Ferdinand Dohna Jan Mojto Petr Moravec |
| Location(s) | Czech Republic |
| Cinematography | Ousama Rawi |
| Running time | 52" |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Canal+ ZDF ORF 2 Sky (Italy) Netflix |
| Original run | 10 July 2011 – 7 October 2011 |
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| Website | |
Borgia is a historical fiction television series created by Tom Fontana. The series is a French/German production and recounts the Borgia family's rise to power and subsequent domination of the Vatican during the Renaissance.
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It was the age of Da Vinci and Michelangelo, of enlightened creativity and unparalleled intellectual achievement. But it was also the age of Machievelli, of rampant lawlessness, incessant war and unspeakable depravity. At the heart of the world order was the Vatican, the arbiter of conflicts between kingdoms and empires. And at the center of the Vatican was a man whose quest for power would propel him to seek the ultimate prize, the holy see of Rome. He was a man whose name would become synonymous with ruthlessness, and whose reign as pope would be remembered as the most infamous chapter of the history of the Catholic church -Rodrigo Borgia. His four children -Juan, the oldest, a prideful, lazy, unscrupulous sexual predator, Cesare, a young man torn between a faith that was not his calling and his dark violent nature, Lucretia, a young girl discovering the secret power that a women's sexuality holds
The series is produced by Atlantique Productions, a subsidiary of Lagardère Entertainment, for French premium-pay TV Canal+ in association with EOS Entertainment, and was filmed in the Czech Republic. International distribution is handled by Beta Film GmbH.
| Title | Director | Original air date | ||||
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| Italy (Sky) | France (Canal+) | Austria (ORF 2) | Germany (ZDF) | |||
| 1 | 1492 | Oliver Hirschbiegel | 10 July 2011 | 10 October 2011 | 13 October 2011 | 17 October 2011 |
| 2 | Ondata di calore | |||||
| 3 | A Sacred Vow | 9 September 2011 | 17 October 2011 | 14 October 2011 | 19 October 2011 | |
| 4 | Wisdom of the Holy Spirit | |||||
| 5 | The Bonds of Matrimony | Dearbhla Walsh | 16 September 2011 | 24 October 2011 | 19 October 2011 | 20 October 2011 |
| 6 | Legitimacy | |||||
| 7 | Maneuvers | Metin Hüseyin | 23 September 2011 | 31 October 2011 | 21 October 2011 | 24 October 2011 |
| 8 | Prelude to an Apocalypse | |||||
| 9 | The Invasion of Rome | Christoph Schrewe | 30 September 2011 | 24 October 2011 | 26 October 2011 | |
| 10 | Miracles | |||||
| 11 | God's Monster | Metin Hüseyin | 7 October 2011 | 25 October 2011 | 27 October 2011 | |
| 12 | The Serpent Rises | |||||
The series premiered in Israel on yes Drama and yes Drama HD on October 22nd, 2011. Borgia Premiered in North America on Netflix (October 2, 2011).