The Canterbury Tales
1972 · Movie · 1h 51m · NC-17
ComedyHistoryDrama
"From the team that gave you "Decameron", Geoffrey Chaucer's Lustiest Tales of Merrie Olde England!"
Overview
Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.
Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes
60%
Key crew
- Pier Paolo PasoliniDirector
- Ennio MorriconeOriginal Music Composer
- Pier Paolo PasoliniScreenplay
Cast
- Hugh GriffithSir January
- Laura BettiThe Wife from Bath
- Ninetto DavoliPerkin
- Franco CittiDevil
- Josephine ChaplinMay
- Alan WebbOld Man
- Pier Paolo PasoliniGeoffrey Chaucer
- Vernon DobtcheffThe Franklin
- Jenny RunacreAlison
- Adrian StreetFighter
- Derek DeadmanThe Pardoner
- Nicholas SmithFriar
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