Decameron Nights (1953)
The Love Tales that millions have enjoyed!
Italian poet Boccaccio (Louis Jourdan) hides in the court of Fiammetta (Joan Fontaine) and tells three tales of love and lust.
- Date of release
- 1953-01-13
- TMDB
- 5.0 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 2h 9m
- Genres
- Adventure
- Director
- Hugo Fregonese
Casting
- Joan Fontaine — Fiametta / Bartolomea / Ginevra / Isabella
- Louis Jourdan — Giovanni Boccaccio / Paganino / Guilio / Don Bertando
- Binnie Barnes — Comtesse di Firenze / Nerina / Old Witch
- Carlos Villarías
- Carlos Díaz de Mendoza
- Joan Collins — Pampinea / Maria
- Mara Lane — Girl in Villa
- Gérard Tichy
- Stella Riley — Chica en pueblo
- Marjorie Rhodes — Señora Bucca
- Godfrey Tearle — Ricciardo / Bernabo
- Meinhart Maur — Sultán
Interesting facts
- Based on: The Decameron
Decameron Nights is a 1953 British-American anthology Technicolor film directed by Hugo Fregonese and starring Joan Fontaine and Louis Jourdan. It was written by George Oppenheimer based on three tales from The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, specifically the ninth and tenth tales of the second day and the ninth tale of the third.
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