International premiere of the documentary “The Battle of Pavia” narrated by Toni Servillo, the first episode of the series “The Battle of Pavia and other stories. Two thousand years of life of a capital”, produced by 3D Produzioni with subject and screenplay by Didi Gnocchi and Arianna Marelli, directed by Valeria Parisi.

The preview will be preceded by a short presentation.
Speakers:
Francesca Caruso, Councillor for Culture, Lombardy Region
Cristina Barbieri, Councillor for Culture, Municipality of Pavia
Giovanni Merlino, Vice-President of the Cremona Mantova Pavia Chamber of Commerce
Didi Gnocchi, 3D Produzioni
Moderated by Dario Romano

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500 years after the Battle of Pavia, Toni Servillo recounts an event that marked European politics and that still lives on thanks to extraordinary works of art, such as the series of seven tapestries preserved at the Capodimonte Museum in Naples.
The documentary “The Battle of Pavia” presents an unprecedented point of view, that of two descendants of those who fought on opposite sides in those days of February 1525: the Spanish knight Alonso Pita da Veiga enlisted in the imperial army of Charles V and the French Étienne Cortoys d’Arcollières, bodyguard of King Francis I. But this story is also an opportunity for a reflection on contemporary wars and on how little sieges and their representation have changed in this half millennium.

The three-part series “The Battle of Pavia and other stories. Two thousand years of life of a capital”, with the extraordinary participation of Toni Servillo and the presence of Pietro De Nova, is produced by 3D Produzioni with the contribution of the PR FESR Lombardia 2021-2027 – Bando “Lombardia per il cinema” (Coesione Italia 21-27 – Co-financed by the European Union – Italian Republic – Lombardy Region) and the support of Associazione Chiamale Storie, with the patronage and collaboration of the Municipality of Pavia – Department of Cultural Policies and the collaboration of Sky Arte and Histoire.
Special thanks to the Banca del Monte Lombardia Foundation and the Pasquinelli Foundation.

On February 24, 2025, the day of the anniversary, the episode “The Battle of Pavia” will be broadcast both on Sky Arte, at 9.15 pm, and on the French channel Histoire.

INTERVIEWEES EP.1
THE BATTLE OF PAVIA

FRÉDÉRIC DE COURTOIS
Descendant Étienne Cortoys d’Arcollières

GABRIEL PITA DA VEIGA
Descendant Alonso Pita da Veiga

MIGUEL FALOMIR
Director Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid

EIKE SCHMIDT
Director of the Museum and Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples

MARIA ROSARIA SANSONE
Head of Decorative Arts Museum and Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples

OLIVIER RENAUDEAU
General Curator of Heritage Musée de l’Armée – Invalides, Paris

JEAN-MARIE LE GALL
Historical Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

VALERIA CALDARELLA ALLAIRE
Specialist in cultural history XVI century Université de Caen Normandie

ULIANO LUCAS
Photojournalist

ÉMERIC LHUISSET
Artist

MARCO GALANDRA
Expert in military history and scholar of the Battle of Pavia

LUIGI CASALI
Expert in military history and scholar of the Battle of Pavia

MARCO GIUSFREDI
Illustrator

DAVIDE MAFFI
Historian University of Pavia

PIER LUIGI MULAS
Art historian University of Pavia

LAURA ALDOVINI
Director of the Civic Museums of Pavia

MARA POZZI
Head of the Historical Archives of the Municipality of Pavia

SOFIA GNOLI
Fashion scholar IULM University, Milan

MAURIZIO GUERRI
Philosopher Brera Academy, Milan

GABRIELE CAPONE
Archival and Bibliographic Superintendent of Campania

PAOLA VONA
Archivist Officer of the Archival and Bibliographic Superintendence of Campania

ANDREA CARLO FRANCESCO ALFONSO D’AVALOS
Last descendant of the d’Avalos family