Overview
The life of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) as related by followers who gather after his death to tell stories so that Leone can record them: a privileged and virile youth, a prisoner of war, an heir who turns away from his father and gives all to the poor, a beggar for others, and an inspiration to friends who accept the Gospels' life of poverty.
Fun facts
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Box office
Made on a $14.5M budget
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Setting
Set in Italy
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Music
Music by Vangelis
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Giuseppe Lanci, Roger Deakins and Ennio Guarnieri
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Liliana CavaniStory, Screenplay
- Roberta MazzoniScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 22, 1989
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $14.5M
- Countries
- Italy, Germany
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In the United States
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Cast
Mickey RourkeFrancesco
Helena Bonham CarterChiara
Andréa FerréolFrancesco's Mother- Nikolaus DutschCardinal Colonna
Peter BerlingBishop Guido
Hanns ZischlerPope Innocent III
Mario AdorfCardinal Ugolino
Paolo BonacelliFrancesco's Father
Fabio BussottiLeone
Riccardo De TorrebrunaPietro Cattani- Matteo CorsiniAngelo
- Edward FarrellyEgidio
Paolo ProiettiPacifico
Paco RecontiRufino
Diego RibonBernardo di Quintavalle- Maurizio SchmidtMasseo
Nino Bignamini
Francesca Fenati
Pino Misiti- Aleksandr DubinaAngelo Tancredi
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