Film record

The Canterbury Tales

Original title: I racconti di Canterbury

1972Feature film110 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
Italy · France
Languages
English · Italian
Genres
comedy film · fantasy film

Credits

Art department

Dante Ferretti — Production design

Cinematography

Tonino Delli Colli — Cinematography

Costume

Danilo Donati — Costume design

Direction

Pier Paolo Pasolini — Directing

Editing

Nino Baragli — Editing

Music

Ennio Morricone — Music composition

Cast

Franco Citti — Acting (The Devil)
Ninetto Davoli — Acting (Perkin)
Laura Betti — Acting (The Wife of Bath)
Pier Paolo Pasolini — Acting (Geoffrey Chaucer)
Hugh Griffith — Acting (Sir January)
Alan Webb — Acting (Old Man)
Franca Sciutto — Acting
John Francis Lane — Acting (The Friar)
Tom Baker — Acting (Jenkin)
Josephine Chaplin — Acting (May)
Vernon Dobtcheff — Acting (The Franklin)
Derek Deadman — Acting (The Pardoner)
Francis de Wolff — Acting
Robin Askwith — Acting (Rufus)
Michael Balfour — Acting (John the Carpenter)
Jenny Runacre — Acting (Alison)
Mary Stuart — Acting
Willoughby Goddard — Acting (Placebo)
Karl Howman — Acting
Peter Stephens — Acting (Justinus)
Adrian Street — Acting (Fighter)
Nicholas Smith — Acting (Friar)
Elisabetta Genovese — Acting (Prosperine)
Eduardo De Filippo — Acting (voice of the old man)
Francesco Leonetti — Acting (voice of Tabard inn host)
Marco Bellocchio — Acting (voice of greedy friar)

Production

Alberto Grimaldi — Production

Writing

Pier Paolo Pasolini — Screenwriting
Documented participation

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Releases by territory

France · Original release
2 Jul 1972Checked 6 Oct 2026
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1972128 min

Roma

  • Shares the comedy film genre
  • Shares the Italy cinema
  • Released in a similar period
  • Similar runtime