The Decameron (1971)


The Decameron
Release Date29 June 1971
GenreComedy, Drama
CountryItaly
France
West Germany
Filming LocationsAmalfi, Salerno, Campania, Italy
LanguageItalian
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassSex Comedy, Period Film
ThemesBohemian Life, Sexual Awakening
TonesRacy, Humorous, Sexual, Bright, Easygoing, Light
TagsAristocrat, Artist, Freedom, Fresco, Lover, Medieval, Sex

The Decameron (Italian: ) is a 1971 film by Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini, based on the novel Decamerone by Giovanni Boccaccio. It's the first movie of Pasolini's Trilogy of life, the others being The Canterbury Tales and Arabian Nights.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Franco Citti
Ciappelletto

Ninetto Davoli
Andreuccio of Perugia

Jovan Jovanovic
Rustico

Vincenzo Amato
Masetto of Lamporecchio

Angela Luce
Peronella

Giuseppe Zigaina
Monk

Allievo di Giotto

Vincenzo Ferrigno
Giannello

Giovanni Filidoro

Guido Alberti
Musciatto, wealthy merchant

Vittorio Vittori
Don Giovanni

Gianni Rizzo
Father Superior

Patrizia De Clara
Nun

Giani Esposito

Queen of Skulls

Enzo Spitaleri
Monk

Luciano Telli
Monk

Gerhard Exel

Detlef Uhle

Patrizia Capparelli
Alibech

Lucio Amatelli
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Giuliano Fratello
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Elisabetta Genovese
Caterina

The Madonna

Director

Producer

Giovanni Boccaccio
novel "Decameron"

Alberto Grimaldi
producer

Franco Rossellini
executive producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Tonino Delli Colli
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Editor

Nino Baragli
-

Tatiana Casini Morigi

Casting Director

Alberto De Stefanis
-

Art Director

Set Decorator

Andrea Fantacci
-

Costume Designer

Danilo Donati
-

Makeup Department

Iole Cecchini
hair stylist

Alessandro Jacoponi
makeup artist

Production Manager

Mario Di Biase
production manager

Sergio Galiano
production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Umberto Angelucci
assistant director

Sergio Citti
assistant director

Paolo Andrea Mettel
assistant director

Art Department

Carlo Agate
assistant art director

Italo Tomassi
set designer

Sound Department

Gianni D'Amico
assistant sound mixer: original version

Mario Morigi
sound mixer: original version

Pietro Spadoni
sound

Camera and Electrical Department

Giovanni Ciarlo
camera operator

Giuseppe Fornari
assistant camera

Alessio Gelsini Torresi
assistant camera

Carlo Tafani
assistant camera

Mario Tursi
still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Piero Cicoletti
wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department

Anita Cacciolati
assistant editor

Enzo Ocone
supervising editor

Other Crew

Beatrice Banfi
continuity

Vittorio Bucci
production assistant

Giuseppe Anatrelli
voice dubbing

Eugene Rizzo
unit publicist

Production Company

Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA)
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Les Productions Artistes Associés

Artemis Film

Distributor

Chapel Distribution

United Artists

United Artists

Miscellaneous

Farani
costumes






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