Description |
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
Series |
The Criterion collection ; 293
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System Details |
DVD, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono. |
Note |
In Italian with optional English subtitles. |
Cast |
Brother Nazario Gerardi, Brother Severino Pisacane, Esposito Bonaventura, Aldo Fabrizi, Arabella Lemaître. |
Credits |
Photography, Otello Martelli ; editor, Jolanda Benvenuti ; music, Renzo Rossellini and Enrico Buondonno. |
Note |
Originally released as an Italian motion picture in 1950. |
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Inspired by I fioretti di S. Francesco. |
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Series numbering from container spine. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
Summary |
In a series of simple and joyous vignettes, director Roberto Rossellini and co-writer Federico Fellini lovingly convey the universal teachings of humility, faith, and sacrifice of the People's Saint--Container. |
Note |
Special features: exclusive new video interviews, conducted in 2004, with actress Isabella Rossellini, film historian Adriano Aprà, and film critic Father Virgilio Fantuzzi; the American-release prologue, situating the film in its historical context through paintings and frescoes; 36-page booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar Peter Brunette and reprinted writings by Roberto Rossellini and critic André Bazin. |
Subject |
Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226 -- Drama.
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Saints -- Italy -- Drama.
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Monks -- Italy -- Drama.
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Genre |
Feature films.
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Biographical films.
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Motion pictures, Italian.
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Religious films.
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Added Author |
Rossellini, Roberto, 1906-1977.
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Rizzoli, Angelo.
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Fellini, Federico.
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Morlion, Felix.
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Lisandrini, Antonio.
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Martelli, Otello, 1903-
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Rossellini, Renzo, 1908-1982.
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Rossellini, Isabella.
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Aprà, Adriano.
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Fantuzzi, Virgilio, 1937-
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Brunette, Peter.
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Bazin, André, 1918-1958.
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Janus Films.
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Produzzione Rizzoli.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Added Title |
FRANCESCO, GIULLARE DI DIO |
Note |
Disc label title: ROBERTO ROSSELLINI'S THE FLOWERS OF ST. FRANCIS |
Added Title |
Fioretti di San Francesco.
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ISBN |
0780030141 : $29.99 |
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9780780030145 |
Standard No. |
037429208120 |
Music # |
FLO090 Criterion Collection |
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