Francesco, giullare di Dio 1950

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
 

Nazario Gerardi
San Francesco (uncredited)