The Canterbury Tales (movie)

The Canterbury Tales is a 1972 Italian movie directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini.  It is based on the medieval poem The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.  It is the second movie in Pasolini's 'Trilogy of Life'. It won the Golden Bear at the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival.

The movie has eight of the 24 tales.  It has much nudity, sex, and slapstick humor. Many of these scenes are present or at least alluded to in the original.  Some are Pasolini's own additions.

This movie featured Tom Baker in a small role.  He was one of the husbands of the Wife of Bath.

Cast
 Hugh Griffith - Sir January
 Laura Betti - The Wife of Bath
 Ninetto Davoli - Perkin
 Franco Citti - The Devil
 Josephine Chaplin - May
 Alan Webb - Old Man
 Pier Paolo Pasolini - Geoffrey Chaucer
 J. P. Van Dyne - The Cook
 Vernon Dobtcheff - The Franklin
 Adrian Street - Fighter
 Derek Deadman - The Pardoner (as Derek Deadmin)

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