The Flowers of St. Francis (1950)

Film · 87m · December 15, 1950

Drama History

A Movie for Today... And All Time

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.

Aldo Fabrizi

Nicolaio, il Tiranno di Viterbo

Gianfranco Bellini

Narrator (voice)

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Peparuolo

Giovanni il Sempliciotto

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Severino Pisacane

Fra' Ginapro

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Roberto Sorrentino

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Nazario Gerardi

San Francesco (uncredited)

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Arabella Lemaitre

Santa Chiara (uncredited)

Renzo Rossellini

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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