The Canterbury Tales
I racconti di Canterbury
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From the team that gave you "Decameron", Geoffrey Chaucer's Lustiest Tales of Merrie Olde England!
Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.
1972-09-02
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Cast
Director
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Hugh Griffith as Sir January
Laura Betti as The Wife from Bath
Ninetto Davoli as Perkin
Franco Citti as Devil
Josephine Chaplin as May
Alan Webb as Old Man
Pier Paolo Pasolini as Geoffrey Chaucer
Vernon Dobtcheff as The Franklin
Jenny Runacre as Alison
Derek Deadman as The Pardoner
Nicholas Smith as Friar
Michael Balfour as The Carpenter
Tom Baker as Jenkin
Willoughby Goddard as Placebo
Elisabetta Genovese as Prosperine
Tiziano Longo as Simkin the Miller
Robin Askwith as Rufus
John McLaren as Johnny the Grace
Vittorio Fanfoni
Phil Davis as 2nd Homosexual Lover (uncredited)
Francis de Wolff as The Bride's Father (uncredited)
David Hatton as Poor Homosexual (uncredited)
Karl Howman as 1st Homosexual Lover (uncredited)
Patrick Newell as Prior (uncredited)
Selwyn Roberts as The Knight (uncredited)
Anita Sanders as Thomas' Wife (uncredited)
Mary Stuart as Priest (uncredited)