Title: The Flowers of St. Francis (Francesco, giullare di Dio)
Release Date: 1950-12-15
IMDB ID: tt0042477
Vote Average: 7.1 (98 votes)
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.
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)),
Crew: Brunello Rondi (Screenplay), Mario Gabrielli (Unit Manager), Marcello Caracciolo Di Laurino (Assistant Director), Enrico Betti Berutto (Second Assistant Camera), Roberto Rossellini (Director), Federico Fellini (Screenplay),