

The life of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) as related by followers who gather after his death to tell stories so that Leone can record them: a privileged and virile youth, a prisoner of war, an heir who turns away from his father and gives all to the poor, a beggar for others, and an inspiration to friends who accept the Gospels' life of poverty.

Mickey Rourke
Francesco

Helena Bonham Carter
Chiara

Andréa Ferréol
Francesco's Mother
Nikolaus Dutsch
Cardinal Colonna

Peter Berling
Bishop Guido

Hanns Zischler
Pope Innocent III

Mario Adorf
Cardinal Ugolino

Paolo Bonacelli
Francesco's Father

Fabio Bussotti
Leone

Riccardo De Torrebruna
Pietro Cattani
Matteo Corsini
Angelo
Edward Farrelly
Egidio

Paolo Proietti
Pacifico

Paco Reconti
Rufino

Diego Ribon
Bernardo di Quintavalle
Maurizio Schmidt
Masseo

Nino Bignamini

Francesca Fenati

Pino Misiti
Aleksandr Dubina
Angelo Tancredi
Liliana Cavani
Liliana Cavani, Roberta Mazzoni
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