You Are There The Vindication of Savonarola (Season 2, Episode 16)
TV Episode | Drama, History

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You Are There

The Vindication of Savonarola (Season 2, Episode 16)

TV Episode | Drama, History

February 7, 1497. One of the first book-burnings in history, from the public square in Florence, the palace of the Borgias in Rome, and the convent of San Marco where the monk, Girolamo Savonarola, labeled the books as "vanities."

Director

Sidney Lumet

Writers

Jeremy Daniel (writer) | Abraham Polonsky (uncredited)

Producer

Charles Russell (producer)

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Updated Dec 13, 1953

Release date

Dec 13, 1953 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 2 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 1 win & 4 nominations

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
Winston Burdett Commentator Commentator See fewer	Years of Crisis (1950)
Ned Calmer Commentator Commentator See fewer	In the First Person (1949)
Walter Cronkite Self - Host - Narrator Self - Host - Narrator See fewer	Liberty's Kids (2002)
Bruce Gordon Rudolpho Spini Rudolpho Spini See fewer	Piranha (1978)
Anne Hegira Strozzi Woman Strozzi Woman See fewer	Actor's Studio (1948)
Don Hollenbeck Commentator Commentator See fewer	Studio One (1948)
Harry Marble Commentator Commentator See fewer	Morning News (1952)
Richard Newton Follower of the Medici Follower of the Medici See fewer	Concrete Cowboys (1979)
Daniel Ocko Fra Domenico Fra Domenico See fewer	She Has What It Takes (1943)
David J. Stewart Caesar Borgia Caesar Borgia See fewer	Murder, Inc. (1960)
Joseph Wiseman Savonarola Savonarola See fewer	Dr. No (1962)