Francis of Assisi

Plot

In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army career in favor of a monastic life and starts his own religious order, sanctioned by the Pope.

  • Michael Curtiz

    Director

  • Ludwig von Wohl

    Novel

  • Jack W. Thomas

    Screenplay

  • Eugene Vale

    Screenplay

  • James Forsyth

    Screenplay

  • Piero Portalupi

    Director of Photography

  • Louis R. Loeffler

    Editor

  • Bradford Dillman

    Francis Bernardone of Assisi

  • Dolores Hart

    Clare

  • Stuart Whitman

    Count Paolo of Vandria

  • Cecil Kellaway

    Cardinal Hugolino

  • Eduard Franz

    Pietro Bernardone

  • Athene Seyler

    Aunt Buona

  • Finlay Currie

    The Pope

  • Mervyn Johns

    Brother Juniper

  • Russell Napier

    Brother Elias

  • John Welsh

    Canon Cattanei

  • Harold Goldblatt

    Bernard

  • Edith Sharpe

    Donna Pica

  • Oliver Johnston

    Father Livoni

  • Malcolm Keen

    Bishop Guido

  • Jack Lambert

    Scefi

  • Pedro Armendáriz

    The Sultan

  • Runtime

    105 minutes

    Released

    1961-07-12

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Perseus Productions

    20th Century Fox

    Sound

  • Mario Nascimbene

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    621 days ago

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