The Flowers of St. Francis 1950

Synopsis

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.

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Cast

• Aldo Fabrizi Nicolaio, il Tiranno di Viterbo
• Gianfranco Bellini Narrator (voice)
• Peparuolo Giovanni il Sempliciotto
• Severino Pisacane Fra' Ginapro
• Roberto Sorrentino
• Nazario Gerardi San Francesco (uncredited)
• Arabella Lemaitre Santa Chiara (uncredited)
• Renzo Rossellini Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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