The Decameron (1971): Cast, Box Office & Plot
The Decameron is a 1971 comedy drama starring Pier Paolo Pasolini as Allievo di Giotto, Guido Mannari and Ninetto Davoli. It runs 1 hour 51 minutes and earned $839 worldwide.
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- Runtime
- 1h 51m (111 min)
- Original language
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Italian - Studio
- Artemis Film
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is The Decameron About?
The premise of The Decameron without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
Pasolini’s The Decameron brims with ribald humor and earthy sensuality, recounting a series of bawdy medieval tales. A swindled Sicilian ends up rich, a fake deaf‑mute infiltrates a convent, a wife hides her lover, a dying priest is duped, brothers take revenge on a sister’s lover, a girl meets her boyfriend on a roof at night, painters wait for inspiration, a crafty priest tries to seduce a friend’s wife, and two friends make a pact to discover what lies beyond death.
The Decameron Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- male full frontal nudity
- male frontal nudity
- male pubic hair
- adult humor
- male nudity
- erection
- female full frontal nudity
- gay character
- homosexual
- touching penis
- first of trilogy
- urination
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- penis
- erotica
- female pubic hair
- female nudity
- big penis
- 14th century literature on screen
- 14th century
- pubic hair
- man seduces boy
- explicit erection
- male explicit nudity
- penis bulge
- closeup of penis
- anthology
- strong sexual content
- life after death
- revenge murder
- impossible love
- forbidden love
- head cut off
- fresco
- surrealism
- grave robbing
- teenage sex
- child prostitute
- vagina
- violence
- thief
- middle ages
- adultery
- decamerotic
- female frontal nudity
- mary of nazareth character
- blasphemy
- italian literature on screen
- humoristic literature on screen
- erotic literature on screen
- italian humoristic literature on screen
The Decameron Cast & Characters
Pier Paolo Pasolini leads the cast as Allievo di Giotto, with Guido Mannari as Compagno di Giotto and Ninetto Davoli as Andreuccio of Perugia.
- Pier Paolo Pasolini as Allievo di Giotto
- Guido Mannari as Compagno di Giotto
- Ninetto Davoli as Andreuccio of Perugia
- Franco Citti as Ciappelletto
Also Starring in The Decameron
· 46 more- Carmelo Reale Man Robbed by Ciappelletto (uncredited)
- Vincenzo Amato Masetto of Lamporecchio
- Angela Luce Peronella
- Vincenzo Ferrigno Giannello
- Giorgio Iovine Lizio da Valbona
- Elisabetta Genovese Caterina (uncredited)
- Francesco Gavazzi Riccardo (uncredited)
- Giuseppe Arrigio Lorenzo (uncredited)
- Mirella Catanesi Gemmata
- Lino Crispo Don Gianni
- Guido Alberti Musciatto, Wealthy Merchant
- Silvana Mangano The Madonna (uncredited)
- Gianni Rizzo Father Superior
- Giacomo Rizzo Padre Superiore
- Vittorio Fanfoni
- Monique van Vooren Queen of Skulls
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- Jovan Jovanović Rustico (scenes deleted)
- Enzo Spitaleri Monk
- Patrizia De Clara Nun
- Franco Marletta
- Giani Esposito
- Maria Gabriella Maione Una Madonna
- Vittorio Vittori Don Giovanni
- Luciano Telli Monk
- Wolfgang Hillinger
- Giovanni Filidoro
- Giuseppe Zigaina Monk
- Patrizia Capparelli Alibech (scenes deleted)
- Detlef Uhle
- Giovanni Davoli
- Vincenzo Cristo
- Salvatore Bilardo
- Luigi Seraponte
- Antonio Diddio
- Vincenzo De Luca
- Erminio Nazzaro
- Alfredo Sivoli
- E. Jannotta Carrino
- Annie Marguerite Latroye
- Gerhard Exel
- Adriana Donnorso
- E. Maria de Juliis
- Michele Di Matteo
- Giovanni Scagliola
- Lucio Amatelli
- Giuliano Fratello
The Decameron Plot Summary
What happens in The Decameron from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 12 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 5-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
Pasolini’s Neapolitan-dialect tapestry reimagines Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron as a cinematic mosaic, directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini and framed by the tellings of a Giotto’s-pupil narrator who travels to Naples to paint a mural. The film opens with a Neapolitan ballad playing over the credits, inviting the viewer into a sequence of loosely connected tales that ebb and flow from comedy to bawdy and from moral parable to sly trickery. The structure is as much about mood and setting as it is about plot, and the through-line is the human compass—desire, cunning, luck, and the small cruelties of everyday life in a vibrant city.
Full summary
The whole story of The Decameron, scene by scene
The Decameron Box Office
The Decameron grossed $839 worldwide.
Worldwide gross
$839
The Decameron Trailers & Videos
The trailer of The Decameron.
How Well Do You Know The Decameron?
10 questions about the story, each with a hint if you get stuck. Pick an answer to see whether you were right.
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Who directed the 1971 film The Decameron?
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The Decameron FAQ: Cast, Box Office & Runtime
Runtime, release date, cast, box office, post-credit scenes and language of The Decameron, each answered in a sentence.
How long is The Decameron?
The Decameron runs 1 hour 51 minutes (111 minutes).
When was The Decameron released?
The Decameron was released on June 28, 1971.
Who is in the cast of The Decameron?
The Decameron stars Pier Paolo Pasolini as Allievo di Giotto, Guido Mannari as Compagno di Giotto and Ninetto Davoli as Andreuccio of Perugia, among 50 credited actors.
How much did The Decameron make at the box office?
The Decameron grossed $839 worldwide.
Does The Decameron have a post-credit scene?
No. The Decameron has no extra scene during or after the credits.
What language is The Decameron in?
The original language of The Decameron is Italian.
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