Francis of Assisi (1966)
2h 14m
Running Time
September 1, 1966Release Date
Francis of Assisi (1966)
2h 14m
Running Time
September 1, 1966Release Date
Plot.
Cavani made her first full-length feature film in 1966 with Francis of Assisi (Francesco d'Assisi). Made for television and aired in two parts, it was deeply influenced by the style of Rossellini and the atmosphere typical of the films of Pasolini. Made in a period of political unrest, it was to become a kind of manifesto of dissenting Catholicism. Starring Lou Castel, it portrays Francis of Assisi as a slightly depressed protestor and an avid, albeit mad, supporter of armed brotherhood. The ideal defender of the 1968 student movement. The film was a great success, but also triggered many negative reactions. It was called "heretical, blasphemous and offensive for the faith of the Italian people". It was the first of many polemical reactions to Cavani's work.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Lou Castel
Francesco
Giancarlo Sbragia
Pietro Bernardone
Maria Grazia Marescalchi
Pica Bernardone
Mino Bellei
Bernardo
Marcello Formica
Capitano di ventura
Liliana Cavani
Director
Roberto Di Massimo
Guido
Tullio Pinelli
Writer
Giampiero Fondini
Pietro Cattani
Leo Pescarolo
Producer
Gerig Domain
Vescovo di Assisi
Peppino De Luca
Composer
Giuseppe Ruzzolini
Cinematographer
Gianni Turillazzi
Rufino
Luciano Gigante
Editor
Luciano Gigante
Editor
Marco Bellocchio
Pietro di Stacia
Kenneth Belton
Papa Innocenzo III
Riccardo Bernardini
Fra' Silvestro
Giuseppe Campodifiori
Fra' Giovanni
Riccardo Cucciolla
Fra' Leone
Ludmila Lvova
Chiara
Virgilio Marchi
Production Design
Ezio Frigerio
Costume Design
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 1, 1966
Original NameFrancesco d'Assisi
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 14m
Genres
Wiki.
Francesco d'Assisi is an Italian mini-series of 1966, directed by Liliana Cavani, reissued in 1972 as a film.It will have a remake of 1989, Francesco, performed by Mickey Rourke and directed by Cavani herself, which in 2014 will realize an additional mini-series of television on the life of the saint of Assisi.