The Flowers of St. Francis

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.

• Release date
• December 15, 1950
• Runtime
• 87 min
• Genres
• Drama, History
• Director
• Roberto Rossellini

Cast

Aldo Fabrizi Nicolaio, il Tiranno di Viterbo Gianfranco Bellini Narrator (voice)

P

Peparuolo Giovanni il Sempliciotto

S

Severino Pisacane Fra' Ginapro

R

Roberto Sorrentino

N

Nazario Gerardi San Francesco (uncredited)

A

Arabella Lemaitre Santa Chiara (uncredited) Renzo Rossellini Narrator (voice) (uncredited)