Francis of Assisi (1961)

Directed by

Michael Curtiz

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This movie tells the story of Saint Francis of Assisi, a wealthy young man who gives up his possessions to live a life of poverty and preach to others. It follows his transformation and the founding of his religious order.

epicsolemnold-fashionedpioussolemnstatelyreverent

What happens

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. The film starred Bradford Dillman, in one of his few sympathetic leading film roles (he usually played a villainous character onscreen), Dolores Hart and Stuart Whitman. Shot entirely in Italy, it earned poor reviews and was a box-office bomb. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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