Nights of Boccaccio

Boccaccio (also known as The Nights of Boccaccio) is a 1972 Italian comedy film written and directed by Bruno Corbucci. It is loosely based on the Giovanni Boccaccio's novel Decameron, and it is part of a series of derivative comedies based on the success of Pier Paolo Pasolini's The Decameron.

Cast

Enrico Montesano

as Buonamico di Cristofano detto Buffalmacco

Sylva Koscina

as Fiammetta

Pascale Petit

as Giletta di Narbona

María Baxa

as Tebalda

Bernard Blier

as Dr. Mazzeo

Raymond Bussières

as Cagastraccio

Alighiero Noschese

as Lambertuccio da Cecina

Isabella Biagini

as Ambrugia

Lino Banfi

as Ignazio

Mario Carotenuto

as Giudice Nicola

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