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

1972

1h 51m

6.1(234 votes)

Comedy

History

Drama

Overview

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

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

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

Creative team

Directed by: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Written by: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Produced by: Alberto Grimaldi

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