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1972 | DIRECTED BY PIER PAOLO PASOLINI

The Canterbury Tales

Movie Stats
Year
1972
Runtime
 111 minutes (1 hr 51 mins)
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First viewed:
8th Sep 2021
Last viewed:
11th Jan 2025
Total views:
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Release Dates
US release date
 US release
30th May 1980
45 years 4 months 3 days ago
Italy release date
 Italy
2nd September 1972
53 years 1 months  ago
France release date
 France
29th November 1972
52 years 10 months 3 days ago
Denmark release date
 Denmark
29th December 1972
52 years 9 months 4 days ago
Netherlands release date
 Netherlands
8th February 1973
52 years 7 months 22 days ago
Finland release date
 Finland
16th February 1973
52 years 7 months 14 days ago
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Directed by
pier paolo pasolini
Starring
Sir January
The Wife from Bath
Perkin
The Devil
May
Old Man
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Cook
The Franklin
Fighter
Pilgrim
The Pardoner
Friar
Host of the Tabard
Nicholas
The Carpenter
Alison
Absalom
Pilgrim
Greedy friar
Angel
Rich homosexual
Alice
Jenkin
May's lover
Placebo
Justinus
Pluto / The God
Prosperine
Chancellor
Alan
John
Simkin the Miller
Simkin's wife
Molly
pier paolo pasoliniRufus
Jack the Justice
Johnny the Grace
Dick the Sparrow
Businessman
The Groom
2nd homosexual lover
Inn-keeper
The Bride's father
Robin
Bill
The Old Woman
Perkin's mother
The Bride
Sir Elephant
Poor homosexual
Fighter
L'allodoliere
Vicar of the Monestary
1st homosexual lover
Administrator
Mary
The Prioress
The Nun
Master Gervaso
Perkin's father
The Merchant
Thomas
Knight's Attendant
The Spy
Doctor
Prior
Sergeant
Martin
The Knight
Thomas' wife
Ensemble
Priest
4th Husband
Youth Without Name
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1972-09-02
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The Canterbury Tales
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News from around the web
The Canterbury Tales | Summary, Prologue, Inn, Pilgrims, Characters, & Facts  Britannica Mon, 22nd September 2025

Film locations for The Canterbury Tales (1972), in the UK.  The Worldwide Guide To Movie Locations Mon, 29th April 2019

On so-called blasphemy  ndsmcobserver.com Wed, 22nd January 2025

My favourite film: A Canterbury Tale | Movies  The Guardian Tue, 25th October 2011

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What if Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales came out today?  Literary Hub Wed, 17th April 2024