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Poster of The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales

Original title: I racconti di Canterbury

From the team that gave you "Decameron", Geoffrey Chaucer's Lustiest Tales of Merrie Olde England!

1972 · 1 h 51 · France, Italy · Italian

Comedy
Drama
History

Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.

Directed by: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Written by: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Based on: Geoffrey Chaucer

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
Derek Deadman
The Pardoner
Nicholas Smith
Friar

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