Boccaccio (also known as The Nights of Boccaccio) is a 1972 Italian comedy film written and directed by Bruno Corbucci. It is loosely based on the Giovanni Boccaccio's novel Decameron, and it is part of a series of derivative comedies based on the success of Pier Paolo Pasolini's The Decameron (1971).

Cast

Alighiero Noschese: Lambertuccio da Cecina

Enrico Montesano: Buonamico di Cristofano aka Buffalmacco

Mario Carotenuto: Judge Nicola

Sylva Koscina: Fiammetta

Isabella Biagini: Ambruogia

Raymond Bussières: Cagastraccio

Bernard Blier: dottor Mazzeo

Pia Giancaro: Monna Lisa

Paola Tedesco : Lidia

Andrea Fabbricatore: Calandrino

Pascale Petit: Giletta di Narbona

María Baxa: Tebalda

Rosita Pisano: Mannocchia

Sandro Dori: Nicostrato

Lino Banfi: Father Ignazio da Canosa

Pippo Franco: Bruno degli Olivieri

Toni Ucci: Pietro da Vinciolo

Franca Dominici: Perdicca

Luisa Dominici: Belcolore

Guido Celano: Messer Anselmo

Andrea Aureli: Maso

Hélène Chanel: Princess of Civignì

Ignazio Leone: Il Bargello

Antonia Santilli: donna nella tinozza

Nello Pazzafini: Marito della donna nella tinozza

Gastone Pescucci: Giovanni Cioppolo

Mimmo Poli: Spettatore grasso

Luca Sportelli: Loderinghi

References

External links

1972 films

Films based on works by Giovanni Boccaccio

Films directed by Bruno Corbucci

Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli

1972 comedy films

The Decameron

Italian comedy films

Films set in the 14th century

1970s Italian-language films

1970s Italian films

Boccaccio (1972 film)