The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales
6.1
|September 2, 1972|1h 51m|Movie
ComedyHistoryDrama

Storyline

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

Top Cast

Hugh Griffith

Hugh Griffith

Sir January

Laura Betti

Laura Betti

The Wife from Bath

Ninetto Davoli

Ninetto Davoli

Perkin

Franco Citti

Franco Citti

Devil

Josephine Chaplin

Josephine Chaplin

May

Alan Webb

Alan Webb

Old Man

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Geoffrey Chaucer

Vernon Dobtcheff

Vernon Dobtcheff

The Franklin

Jenny Runacre

Jenny Runacre

Alison

?

Adrian Street

Fighter

Derek Deadman

Derek Deadman

The Pardoner

Nicholas Smith

Nicholas Smith

Friar

?

Orla Pederson

Pilgrim

?

J.P. Van Dyne

The Cook

?

George Bethell Datch

Host of the Tabard

?

Dan Thomas

Nicholas

Michael Balfour

Michael Balfour

The Carpenter

?

Peter Cain

Absalom

?

Daniele Buckler

Pilgrim

?

John Francis Lane

Greedy Friar

Director

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Writers

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Status

Released

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