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Francis of Assisi (1961)

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Release Date: Jul 12, 1961 Wide

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This penultimate film by director Michael Curtiz, perhaps best known for his 1942 Casablanca, is a verbose, routine religious drama on the life of St. Francis of Assisi. After quickly passing over St. Francis' early life as the son of a wealthy cloth merchant in Assisi, the story notes his talents in and out of battle. St. Francis hears the call to the cloth (in his hagiography, the call was repeated several times before he finally responded completely), and gives up all his worldly goods to

Unrated, 1 hr. 46 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics

Directed By: Michael Curtiz

In Theaters: Jul 12, 1961 Wide

On DVD: Feb 22, 2005

20th Century Fox Pictures

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Bradford Dillman
Francis Bemardone
Dolores Hart
Clare Scefi
Stuart Whitman
Paolo
Pedro Armend�riz
Sultan
Cecil Kellaway
Cardinal Hugolino
Eduard Franz
Pietro Bernardino
Athene Seyler
Aunt Buona
Finlay Currie
Pope Innocent III
Mervyn Johns
Brother Juniper
Russell Napier
Brother Elias
Harold Goldblatt
Bernard
Edith Sharpe
Donna Pica Bemardone
Jack Lambert
Scefi
Oliver Johnston
Father Livoni
Malcolm Keen
Bishop Guido
Evi Marandi
Saracen Girl
Manuel Ballard
Lucia
Jole Mauro
Elfrida
Peter Paul Muller
Friars
John Karlsen
Friars
Cyrus Elias
Friars
Curt Lowens
Friars
Walter Maslow
Friar
Renzo Cesana
Friars
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
Cardinal Savelli
Nicholas Hannen
Beggar
John Welsh
Canon Cattanei

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Michael Curtiz, a man who never met a stationary camera he didn't romance.

November 8, 2005 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central

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Walter Chaw

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Good film if you are only expecting to know the life of this great saint that wanted to live and predict like Jesus Christ did. The movie is far from being a tryumph because most of the performances are weak and most of the actors were miscasted. Pedro Armendariz played a good sultan but the make-up was exaggerated and

July 23, 2008

victor lopez

Lavish production, but the sets look phony and the costumes aren't believable. Good cinematography. Decent acting. A handsome film, but not very convincing. Bradford Dillman is appropriately saintly. Michael Curtiz's able direction is a plus for the movie.

December 3, 2007