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Word: nicolaio (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1952-1952
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...clank of the leper's warning clapper and Francis' sobs as he throws himself on the ground; zealous Friar Juniper cutting off a little pig's foot to make soup for a sick brother; Friar Juniper's selflessness triumphing over the bloody tyrant Nicolaio, and causing him to lift his siege of the city of Viterbo in a sequence filled with fire and spectacle. The picture ends with Francis and his disciples going forth separately into the world to preach peace-to Siena, Florence, Arezzo, Pisa and Spoleto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Oct. 6, 1952 | 10/6/1952 | See Source »

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