
Francis of Assisi
The story of a lusty, fighting young adventurer who exchanged his sword for a cross
1961 en 105 minutes
Rating: 7.6
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.
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Cast

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