The Canterbury Tales (1972)
02/09/1972
Comedy
1h 51m
- 62% (219 votes)
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From the team that gave you "Decameron", Geoffrey Chaucer's Lustiest Tales of Merrie Olde England!
Overview
Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.
- Pier Paolo PasoliniDirector, Screenplay
Original Title
I racconti di Canterbury
Status
Released
Original Language
Italian
Keywords
- adultery
- italian
- homophobia
- eroticism
- marriage
- hell
- extortion
- wedding
- love affair
- devil
- voyeurism
- vignette
Top Billed Cast
Hugh Griffith
Sir January
Laura Betti
The Wife from Bath
Ninetto Davoli
Perkin
Franco Citti
Devil
Josephine Chaplin
May
Alan Webb
Old Man
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Geoffrey Chaucer
Vernon Dobtcheff
The Franklin
Jenny Runacre
Alison
Adrian Street
Fighter
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