7.5
The Flowers of St. Francis
Original title: Francesco, giullare di Dio
A Movie for Today... And All Time
7.1101 votes19501h 27mReleased
In a series of simple and joyous vignettes, director Roberto Rossellini and co-writer Federico Fellini lovingly convey the universal teachings of the People’s Saint: humility, compassion, faith, and sacrifice. Gorgeously photographed to evoke the medieval paintings of Saint Francis’s time, and cast with monks from the Nocera Inferiore Monastery, The Flowers of St. Francis is a timeless and moving portrait of the search for spiritual enlightenment.
- Director
- Roberto Rossellini
- Released
- 15 December 1950
- Studio
- Rizzoli Film, Cineriz
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Top Cast
Aldo Fabrizi
Nicolaio, il Tiranno di Viterbo
Gianfranco Bellini
Narrator (voice)
Peparuolo
Giovanni il Sempliciotto
Severino Pisacane
Fra' Ginapro
Roberto Sorrentino
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Nazario Gerardi
San Francesco (uncredited)
