---
title: 'Francesco (1989)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Liliana Cavani'
released: '1989-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 150
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/francesco-1989'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097383/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Francesco (1989)

1989 · 150 min · Drama, History · Germany, Italy


## Synopsis

Francesco is a 1989 historical drama film about the life of St. Francis of Assisi. It is directed and co-written by Liliana Cavani, and stars Mickey Rourke as Francis and Helena Bonham Carter as the future St. Claire. The screenplay is adapted from Hermann Hesse’s 1904 book Francis of Assisi. Vangelis composed the musical score.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Liliana Cavani](https://cinepixo.com/people/liliana-cavani)
- **Screenplay:** [Liliana Cavani](https://cinepixo.com/people/liliana-cavani), [Roberta Mazzoni](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberta-mazzoni)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Vangelis](https://cinepixo.com/people/vangelis)
- **Director of Photography:** [Roger Deakins](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-deakins), [Ennio Guarnieri](https://cinepixo.com/people/ennio-guarnieri), [Giuseppe Lanci](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuseppe-lanci)
- **Editor:** [Gabriella Cristiani](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabriella-cristiani)

## Cast

- [Maurizio Schmidt](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurizio-schmidt) as Masseo of Marignano
- [Alekander Dubin](https://cinepixo.com/people/alekander-dubin) as Angelo Tancredi
- [Franco Trevisi](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-trevisi) as Chiara's Family
- [Hanns Zischler](https://cinepixo.com/people/hanns-zischler) as Innocent III
- [Peter Berling](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-berling) as Bishop Guido
- [Tomas Arana](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomas-arana) as Learned Brother
- [Nikolaus Dutsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolaus-dutsch) as Cardinal Colonna
- [Loris Loddi](https://cinepixo.com/people/loris-loddi)
- [Fabio Bussotti](https://cinepixo.com/people/fabio-bussotti) as Brother Leo
- [Paolo Bonacelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/paolo-bonacelli) as Pedro Bernardone
- [Diego Ribon](https://cinepixo.com/people/diego-ribon) as Bernard of Quintavalle
- [Edward Farrelly](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-farrelly) as Giles of Assisi
- [Lorenzo Piani](https://cinepixo.com/people/lorenzo-piani)
- [Bruno Armando](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-armando)
- [Stanko Molnar](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanko-molnar) as Elias of Cortona

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/francesco-1989
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