Ben Mankiewicz Intro - The Flowers Of St. Francis (1950)

Flowers Of St. Francis, The (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Here Is Francis...

The first appearance of Francis (Nazario Girardi) and his followers, narration by Gianfranco Bellini, from a screenplay by Federico Fellini and director Roberto Rossellini, in Flowers of St. Francis, 1950.

Flowers Of St. Francis, The (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, Prologue

Elaborate credits and attribution, with prologue as narrated by Gianfranco Bellini, opening Roberto Rossellini's Flowers of St. Francis, 1950, with a cast of non-professionals, co-written with Federico Fellini.

Flowers Of St. Francis, The (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Sister Clare Is Coming!

Francis (Franciscan monk Nazario Girardi, in his only film) with his followers meets St. Clare (Arabella Lemaitre, David Selznick's agent in Italy!) in Roberto Rossellini's Flowers of St. Francis, 1950.

Flowers Of St. Francis, The (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Such Severe Penance

Cinematographer Otello Martelli capturing interesting forms in the rain, as Francis (Nazario Girardi) laments misleading his monks, in Roberto Rossellini's Flowers of St. Francis, 1950.

Flowers Of St. Francis, The (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Make Me An Instrument Of Your Peace

The first meeting between Francis (Nazario Girardi) and the man who will become "Giovanni the Simpleton" (Peparuolo) from Roberto Rossellini's The Flowers Of St. Francis, 1950.