The Flowers of St. Francis

Name: The Flowers of St. Francis
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1950-12-15
Duration: 1 h 27 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Aldo Fabrizi, Gianfranco Bellini, Peparuolo, Severino Pisacane, Nazario Gerardi

A Movie for Today... And All Time

Francesco, giullare di Dio (1950)

1:27 (87 min)

Drama, History

Italy

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Production

Rizzoli Film, Cineriz

Release date

15 December 1950

Director

Roberto Rossellini

Scenario

Roberto Rossellini

Author

Composer

Renzo Rossellini

Producer

Angelo Rizzoli

All team (23)

Actors

Aldo Fabrizi

Nicolaio, il Tiranno di Viterbo

Gianfranco Bellini

Narrator (voice)

Peparuolo

Giovanni il Sempliciotto

Severino Pisacane

Fra' Ginapro

Nazario Gerardi

San Francesco (uncredited)

Arabella Lemaitre

Santa Chiara (uncredited)

Renzo Rossellini

Narrator (voice, uncredited)

All actors and roles (7)

Short description

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.