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The Canterbury Tales

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

Film19721h 51mReleased

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Director
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Language
Italian
Released
1972-09-02
Runtime
1h 51m

Community score

6.1234 votes on TMDB

Confidence

Rating weighted by how many people voted

6.3

The story

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

Cast

  • Hugh Griffith
    Hugh GriffithSir January
  • Laura Betti
    Laura BettiThe Wife from Bath
  • Ninetto Davoli
    Ninetto DavoliPerkin
  • Franco Citti
    Franco CittiDevil
  • Josephine Chaplin
    Josephine ChaplinMay
  • Alan Webb
    Alan WebbOld Man
  • Pier Paolo Pasolini
    Pier Paolo PasoliniGeoffrey Chaucer
  • Vernon Dobtcheff
    Vernon DobtcheffThe Franklin
  • Jenny Runacre
    Jenny RunacreAlison
  • Adrian Street — artwork unavailable
    Adrian StreetFighter
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