

Francis of Assisi
The story of a lusty, fighting young adventurer who exchanged his sword for a cross
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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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $2M
- Box office
- $1.8M
- Language
- English
- monk
- biography
- singing
- cross
- saint
- 13th century
- saint francis of assisi
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR12 Jul 1961
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalU14 Jul 1961
- PhysicalPG27 Feb 2007
SpainES
- Theatrical2 Sept 1962
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Francis of Assisi was released on 12 July 1961.
Audience reviews
1- C6/10
CinemaSerf
3/28/2022
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 elements of the product…
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