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 (as Fra' Severino Pisacane)
Roberto Sorrentino
Unknown
Nazario Gerardi
San Francesco (uncredited)
Arabella Lemaitre
Santa Chiara (uncredited)
Renzo Rossellini
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Crew
Roberto Rossellini
Director, Story
Luigi Giacosi
Co-Director, Production Manager
Brunello Rondi
Screenplay, Assistant Director
Félix Morlión
Screenplay
Federico Fellini
Screenplay
Antonio Lisandrini
Screenplay
Jolanda Benvenuti
Editor
Otello Martelli
Director of Photography
Marcello Caracciolo Di Laurino
Assistant Director
Angelo Rizzoli
Producer
Giuseppe Amato
Associate Producer
Virgilio Marchi
Production Design
Luciano Trasatti
Camera Operator
Roberto Gerardi
Assistant Camera
Enrico Betti Berutto
Second Assistant Camera
Marina Arcangeli
Costume Design
Raffaele Del Monte
Sound
Eraldo Giordani
Sound
Renzo Rossellini
Original Music Composer
Giuseppe Rissone
Set Decoration
Osvaldo Civirani
Still Photographer
Gianfranco Parolini
Script Supervisor
Mario Gabrielli
Unit Manager
Emimmo Salvi
Production Secretary
