The Canterbury Tales (1972)

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini

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

Cast

Hugh Griffith

Sir January

Laura Betti

The Wife from Bath

Ninetto Davoli

Perkin

Franco Citti

Devil

Josephine Chaplin

May

Alan Webb

Old Man

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Geoffrey Chaucer

Vernon Dobtcheff

The Franklin

Jenny Runacre

Alison

Adrian Street

Fighter