The Decameron
History | Drama
Release Date
August 25, 1971
Duration
111 min
Status
Released
Language
it
Overview
A young Sicilian is swindled twice, but ends up rich; a man poses as a deaf-mute in a convent of curious nuns; a woman must hide her lover when her husband comes home early; a scoundrel fools a priest on his deathbed; three brothers take revenge on their sister's lover; a young girl sleeps on the roof to meet her boyfriend at night; a group of painters wait for inspiration; a crafty priest attempts to seduce his friend's wife; and two friends make a pact to find out what happens after death.
Casts
Ciappelletto
Franco Citti
Andreuccio of Perugia
Ninetto Davoli
Rustico (scenes deleted)
Jovan Jovanović
Peronella
Angela Luce
Masetto of Lamporecchio
Vincenzo Amato
Monk
Giuseppe Zigaina
Una Madonna
Maria Gabriella Maione
Vincenzo Cristo
Allievo di Giotto
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Lizio da Valbona
Giorgio Iovine
Salvatore Bilardo
Giannello
Vincenzo Ferrigno
Musciatto, Wealthy Merchant
Guido Alberti
Don Giovanni
Vittorio Vittori
Father Superior
Gianni Rizzo
Nun
Patrizia De Clara
Queen of Skulls
Monique van Vooren
Monk
Enzo Spitaleri
Monk
Luciano Telli
Caterina (uncredited)
Elisabetta Genovese
Luigi Seraponte
Antonio Diddio
Gemmata
Mirella Catanesi
Vincenzo De Luca
Erminio Nazzaro
Giovanni Filidoro
Don Gianni
Lino Crispo
Alfredo Sivoli
The Madonna (uncredited)
Silvana Mangano
Padre Superiore
Giacomo Rizzo
E. Jannotta Carrino
Annie Marguerite Latroye
Gerhard Exel
Wolfgang Hillinger
Giani Esposito
Franco Marletta
Vittorio Fanfoni
Adriana Donnorso
E. Maria de Juliis
Compagno di Giotto
Guido Mannari
Michele Di Matteo
Giovanni Scagliola
Giovanni Davoli
Detlef Uhle
Alibech (scenes deleted)
Patrizia Capparelli
(uncredited)
Lucio Amatelli
Lorenzo (uncredited)
Giuseppe Arrigio
(uncredited)
Giuliano Fratello
Riccardo (uncredited)
Francesco Gavazzi
Man Robbed by Ciappelletto (uncredited)
Carmelo Reale
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