| Description |
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm) |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 293 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 293.
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| System Details |
DVD; Dolby digital mono. |
| Language |
In Italian, with optional English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Brother Nazario Gerardi, Brother Severino Pisacane, Esposito "Peparuolo" Bonaventura, Aldo Fabrizi, Arabella Lemaître. |
| Credits |
Photography, Otello Martelli ; editing, Jolanda Benvenuti ; music, Renzo Rossellini ; liturgical chants, Father Enrico Buondonno. |
| Note |
Inspired by the biographical anthology: I fioretti di San Francesco. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1950. |
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Cast list from program notes. |
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Special features: new video interviews with actress Isabella Rossellini (16 min.), film historian Adriano Aprà (18 min.), and film critic Father Virgilio Fantuzzi (12 min.); American-release prologue (6 min.). |
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Program notes in container insert include a new essay by film scholar Peter Brunette ("God's jester"), a director's statement by Rossellini, an essay by film critic André Bazin ("In defense of Rossellini"), and an excerpt from an interview with Rossellini by Victoria Schultz. |
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"This DVD release presents the original Italian theatrical version" -- Program notes. |
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"New, restored high-definition digital transfer" -- Container. |
| Audience |
Not rated by the MPAA. |
| Summary |
"In a series of simple and joyous vignettes, director Roberto Rossellini and co-writer Federico Fellini lovingly convey the universal teachings of The People's Saint: humility, faith, and sacrifice. Gorgeously photographed to evoke the medieval paintings of Saint Francis' time, and cast with monks from the Nocera Inferiore Monastery" -- Container. |
| Subject |
Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226 -- Drama.
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Saints -- Italy -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Monks -- Italy -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (ITALIAN), VIDEODISCS.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Motion pictures Italy.
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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, Félix A., 1904-
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Lisandrini, Antonio.
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Gerardi, Nazario.
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Pisacane, Severino.
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Bonaventura, Esposito.
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Fabrizi, Aldo, 1905-1990.
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Lemaître, Arabella.
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Martelli, Otello, 1903-2000.
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Benvenuti, Jolanda.
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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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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Francesco, giullare di Dio |
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Flowers of St. Francis |
| Note |
Title on disc label: Roberto Rossellini's The flowers of St. Francis |
| Added Title |
Fioretti di San Francesco.
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God's jester.
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In defense of Rossellini.
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| ISBN |
0780030141 |
| Standard No. |
037429208120 |
| Music No. |
FLO090 Criterion Collection |
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