Sep 02, 1972
111 min
Full-HD

The Canterbury Tales (1972)

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

Category

Comedy

Country

France Italy

Companies

Les Productions Artistes Associés PEA

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

J.P. Van Dyne

The Cook

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