

The Flowers of St. Francis
Visit website7.1/10 • 91
1950-12-15 • 1h 27m
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.
- Directors
- Roberto Rossellini
- Editors
- Jolanda Benvenuti

The Flowers of St. Francis
Visit website1950-12-15 • 1h 27m
7.1/10 • 91
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.
- Directors
- Roberto Rossellini
- Editors
- Jolanda Benvenuti
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsAldo Fabrizi
Nicolaio, il Tiranno di Viterbo
Gianfranco Bellini
Narrator (voice)
Peparuolo
Giovanni il Sempliciotto
Severino Pisacane
Fra' Ginapro (as Fra' Severino Pisacane)
Roberto Sorrentino
Nazario Gerardi
San Francesco (uncredited)
Arabella Lemaitre
Santa Chiara (uncredited)
Renzo Rossellini
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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- Original Language
- Italian
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- Keywords
- neo realismitalian neo realism