Francis of Assisi
HistoryDrama
7.6/10
|US
|en
|105 min
Release Date: 1961-07-12
Overview - 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.
Production Companies
Perseus Productions20th Century Fox
User Reviews
CinemaSerf
6/10
This might have been better had Michael Curtiz cast it better, as it is Bradford Dillman delivers us quite an undercooked offering as the eponymous character from 13th Century Italy. The film is colourful and the story gets an authentic Hollywood makeover, but somehow the sentiment of this man who sacrificed much of the trappings of his fairly well-to-do family life is lost amongst the showier ele...
Read full review →
