The main story combines bits of Giovanni Boccaccio's own life (maybe and maybe not) with three of his most fabulous stories of love. It has Boccaccio following Fiametta to a country villa ...
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| Joan Fontaine | ... | Fiammetta / Bartolomea / Ginevra / Isabella | |
| Louis Jourdan | ... | Giovanni Boccaccio / Paganino / Giulio / Don Bertando | |
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Godfrey Tearle | ... | Ricciardo / Bernabo |
| Joan Collins | ... | Pampinea / Maria | |
| Binnie Barnes | ... | Contessa di Firenze / Nerina the Chambermaid / The Old Witch | |
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Meinhart Maur | ... | Sultan |
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Gordon Whiting | ||
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Gordon Bell | ... | Merchant |
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Van Boolen | ... | Captain |
| Melissa Stribling | ... | Girl in Villa | |
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Stella Riley | ... | Girl in Villa |
| Mara Lane | ... | Girl in Villa | |
| Gérard Tichy | ... | (as Gerard Tichy) | |
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Diaz de Mendoza | ||
| Carlos Villarías | ... | (as Carolos Villarias) | |
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The main story combines bits of Giovanni Boccaccio's own life (maybe and maybe not) with three of his most fabulous stories of love. It has Boccaccio following Fiametta to a country villa where she and five other women---The Contessa, Pampinea and three villa girls are hiding following the rape of their home city, Florance, Italy, by the Duke of Lorenzo. The recently-widowed Fiametta spurns overtures of love offered by the philandering Boccaccio who, in an effort to win her, spins two of his stories: The first is "Paganino the Pirate", a spicy tale of a young wife, married to an elderly gent, who prefers astrology to martial bliss, permits herself to be captured by a young pirate, to teach her husband a lesson. The second tale is "Wager on Virtue", concerning an elderly merchant,who loses faith in his beautiful young wife, on the strength of circumstantial evidence present him by a daring young rogue, who has previously goaded him into a bet on his wife's virtue, or lack thereof. The ... Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
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16 November 1953 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Boccaccios Liebesnächte See more »Company Credits
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Cesáreo González Producciones Cinematográficas, Frankovich Productions, Suevia Films - Cesáreo González See more »
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The pleasant, lighthearted love story was lots of fun--and the costuming was amazingly authentic. Many thoughtful touches, beautiful settings, historically correct outfits and accessories make this a lovely and visually appealing film--what a wonderful change of pace!