Francis of Assisi (1961)
The story of a lusty, fighting young adventurer who exchanged his sword for a cross
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.
- Date of release
- 1961-07-12
- TMDB
- 7.7 / 10 (32)
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Director
- Michael Curtiz
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
Francis of Assisi is a 1961 DeLuxe CinemaScope epic film directed by Michael Curtiz, based on the 1958 novel The Joyful Beggar by Louis de Wohl.
Production
The film was made by the company of the three sons of 20th Century Fox president Spyros Skouros: Plato, Charles and Spyros Jnr. Plato Skouros produced the film.
Filming started in Italy on 28 October 1960. Curtiz called it "an extraordinarily difficult film to make. We are making a picture about a saint." Filming took five months due to production delays and disorganisation.
Dolores Hart, who played St. Clare, became a Catholic nun at the Benedictine Abbey of Regina Laudis in Bethlehem, Connecticut some two years after the film's release.
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