The Flowers of St. Francis (1950)

12/15/1950 (IT) • 1h 27m

History, Drama

A Movie for Today... And All Time

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Aldo Fabrizi

Nicolaio, il Tiranno di Viterbo

Gianfranco Bellini

Narrator (voice)

Peparuolo

Giovanni il Sempliciotto

Severino Pisacane

Fra' Ginapro (as Fra' Severino Pisacane)

Nazario Gerardi

San Francesco (uncredited)

Arabella Lemaitre

Santa Chiara (uncredited)

Renzo Rossellini

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)


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Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

neo realism

italian neo realism

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