The Decameron (1971)
The Decameron (1971)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Franco Citti
Ciappelletto
Ninetto Davoli
Andreuccio of Perugia
Jovan Jovanović
Rustico
Vincenzo Amato
Masetto of Lamporecchio
Angela Luce
Peronella
Maria Gabriella Maione
Una Madonna
Giuseppe Zigaina
Monk
Vincenzo Cristo
Actor
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Allievo di Giotto
Salvatore Bilardo
Giorgio Iovine
Lizio da Valbona
Vincenzo Ferrigno
Giannello
Guido Alberti
Musciatto, Wealthy Merchant
Giovanni Boccaccio
Writer
Vittorio Vittori
Don Giovanni
Alberto Grimaldi
Producer
Gianni Rizzo
Father Superior
Ennio Morricone
Composer
Patrizia De Clara
Nun
Monique van Vooren
Queen of Skulls
Tonino Delli Colli
Cinematographer
Enzo Spitaleri
Monk
Nino Baragli
Editor
Tatiana Casini Morigi
Editor
Luciano Telli
Monk
Alberto De Stefanis
CastingDirector
Elisabetta Genovese
Caterina (uncredited)
Mirella Catanesi
Gemmata
Lino Crispo
Don Gianni
Silvana Mangano
The Madonna (uncredited)
Giacomo Rizzo
Padre Superiore
Guido Mannari
Compagno di Giotto
Patrizia Capparelli
Alibech (scenes deleted)
Lucio Amatelli
(uncredited)
Giuseppe Arrigio
Lorenzo (uncredited)
Giuliano Fratello
(uncredited)
Francesco Gavazzi
Riccardo (uncredited)
Carmelo Reale
Man Robbed by Ciappelletto (uncredited)
Alessandro Jacoponi
Makeup Artist
Dante Ferretti
Art Direction
Danilo Donati
Costume Design
Iole Cecchini
Hairstylist
Andrea Fantacci
Set Decoration
Sergio Galiano
Production Supervisor
Italo Tomassi
Set Designer
Carlo Agate
Assistant Art Director
Franco Rossellini
Executive Producer
Pietro Spadoni
Sound
Mario Di Biase
Production Manager
Massimo Anzellotti
Sound Effects Editor
Alessio Gelsini Torresi
Assistant Camera
Vittorio Bucci
Production Assistant
Sergio Citti
Assistant Director
Mario Morigi
Sound Mixer
Anita Cacciolati
Assistant Editor
Beatrice Banfi
Continuity
Paolo Andrea Mettel
Assistant Director
Giuseppe Fornari
Assistant Camera
Enzo Ocone
Supervising Editor
Eugene Rizzo
Unit Publicist
Giovanni Ciarlo
Camera Operator
Mario Tursi
Still Photographer
Piero Cicoletti
Wardrobe Assistant
Umberto Angelucci
Assistant Director
Carlo Tafani
Assistant Camera
Franco Marletta
Michele Di Matteo
Giovanni Scagliola
Detlef Uhle
Giovanni Filidoro
Antonio Diddio
Giani Esposito
Erminio Nazzaro
Vincenzo De Luca
Luigi Seraponte
Alfredo Sivoli
E. Jannotta Carrino
Annie Marguerite Latroye
Gerhard Exel
Wolfgang Hillinger
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 25, 1971
Original NameIl Decameron
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 51m
Filming LocationsCentre-Val de Loire · Centre region, France
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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The Decameron (Italian: Il Decameron) is a 1971 anthology film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, based on the 14th-century allegory by Giovanni Boccaccio. It is the first film of Pasolini's Trilogy of Life, the others being The Canterbury Tales and Arabian Nights. Each film was an adaptation of a different piece of classical literature focusing on ribald and often irreligious themes. The tales contain abundant nudity, sex, slapstick and scatological humour.
Pasolini's intention was not to faithfully recreate the world of Boccaccio's characters but to criticise the contemporary world through metaphorical use of the themes present in the stories. Stories are often changed to southern Italy and heavy use of the Neapolitan dialect is used to signify the mistreatment and economic exploitation of the poorer region by the richer northern parts of Italy.
The film was entered into the 21st Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize.