This is a dramatization of events in the life of St. Francis of Assisi from before his conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including his friendship with St. Clare.
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| Credited cast: | |||
| Graham Faulkner | ... | St. Francis of Assisi | |
| Judi Bowker | ... | Clare | |
| Leigh Lawson | ... | Bernardo | |
| Kenneth Cranham | ... | Paolo | |
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Lee Montague | ... | Pietro Di Bernardone |
| Valentina Cortese | ... | Pica Di Bernardone | |
| Alec Guinness | ... | Pope Innocent III | |
| Michael Feast | ... | Silvestro | |
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Nicholas Willatt | ... | Giocondo |
| John Sharp | ... | Bishop Guido | |
| Adolfo Celi | ... | Consul | |
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Francesco Guerrieri | ... | Deodato |
| Peter Firth | |||
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Rossano Attrotico | ||
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Pierre Baldini | ... | (as Piero Baldini) |
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This is a dramatization of events in the life of St. Francis of Assisi from before his conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including his friendship with St. Clare. Written by Ed Cannon <ecannon@mail.utexas.edu>
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A Motion Picture That Celebrates The Timeless Joy of Original InnocenceParents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
2 December 1972 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$3,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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[a pause]
Pope secretary: Francesco. Just an ordinary blessing, Your Holiness, to gratify bishop Guido.
Pope Innocent III: [to Francesco] You asked permission to speak to us. Well, speak!
[a moment of silence]
Pope Innocent III: Speak!
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Francis is shown part way down the roof line when he picks up the bird, but without walking any further, he is at the end of the roof when he lets it go. See more »Quotes
Pope secretary: The hermits from Assisi. They're here to make submission to Your Holiness, their leader is[a pause]
Pope secretary: Francesco. Just an ordinary blessing, Your Holiness, to gratify bishop Guido.
Pope Innocent III: [to Francesco] You asked permission to speak to us. Well, speak!
[a moment of silence]
Pope Innocent III: Speak!
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Oh yes, we can look at this as a parable of the "hippies" and an anti-war, anti-establishment film (as if those are somehow "bad" things.) It is all that. Any director who cannot interpret through the lenses of his time is not a very good director. Zefferelli is a master at it. It may make the movies seem dated but that also is a sign of mastership as we see the life of Francis and also see life in the Vietnam era 1970s. The movie itself is hauntingly filmed in a dreamlike manner. It tells the story of Francis who we will later know as Saint Francis Of Assissi. It is not an attempt to tell the complete story of the saint, but to use episodes from his life to speak to the culture of the time. It is not a biography so much as it is an interpretation.