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The Canterbury Tales

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

6.1/ 1019721h 51mNC-17

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

Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Hugh Griffith

Hugh Griffith

Sir January

Laura Betti

Laura Betti

The Wife from Bath

Ninetto Davoli

Ninetto Davoli

Perkin

Franco Citti

Franco Citti

Devil

Josephine Chaplin

Josephine Chaplin

May

Alan Webb

Alan Webb

Old Man

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Geoffrey Chaucer

Vernon Dobtcheff

Vernon Dobtcheff

The Franklin