Decameron Nights (1953)
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- Approved
- 2h 9min
- Drama, Adventure
- 16 Nov 1953 (USA)
- Movie
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Joan Fontaine | ... |
Fiammetta / Bartolomea / Ginevra / Isabella
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Louis Jourdan | ... |
Giovanni Boccaccio / Paganino / Giulio / Don Bertando
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Godfrey Tearle | ... |
Ricciardo / Bernabo
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Joan Collins | ... |
Pampinea / Maria
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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
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Melissa Stribling | ... |
Girl in Villa
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Stella Riley | ... |
Girl in Villa
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Mara Lane | ... |
Girl in Villa
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Gérard Tichy | ... |
(as Gerard Tichy)
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Diaz de Mendoza |
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Carlos Villarías | ... |
(as Carolos Villarias)
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Eliot Makeham | ... |
Governor of Majorca
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Marjorie Rhodes | ... |
Signora Bucca
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Noel Purcell | ... |
Father Francisco
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Hugh Morton | ... |
King
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George Bernard | ... |
Messenger
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Bert Bernard | ... |
Messenger
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Directed by
Hugo Fregonese |
Written by
Giovanni Boccaccio | ... | (novel "Tales from the Decameron, including Paganino the Pirate, Wager for Virtue and The Doctor's Daughter") |
George Oppenheimer | ... | (screenplay) |
Geza Herczeg | ... | (treatment) |
Produced by
M.J. Frankovich | ... | producer (as Mike Frankovich) |
Montagu Marks | ... | associate producer |
William A. Szekeley | ... | producer |
Music by
Antony Hopkins |
Cinematography by
Guy Green | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Russell Lloyd |
Editorial Department
Terry Hine | ... | assistant editor (uncredited) |
William Morton | ... | second assistant editor (uncredited) |
Richard Sidwell | ... | first assistant editor (uncredited) |
Production Design by
Thomas N. Morahan | ... | (as Thomas Morahan) |
Makeup Department
David Aylott | ... | makeup artist (as Dave Aylott) |
Maude Onslow | ... | hair stylist (as Maud Onslow) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Basil Keys | ... | assistant director |
Max Varnel | ... | second assistant director (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Maurice Askew | ... | sound |
Terence Cotter | ... | sound (as Terry Cotter) |
B. Childs | ... | dubbing crew (uncredited) |
Peter Davies | ... | sound re-recordist (uncredited) |
Richard Langford | ... | dubbing crew (uncredited) |
Wally Milner | ... | sound camera operator (uncredited) |
George Sanders | ... | boom operator (uncredited) |
Fred Stoneham | ... | post-synchronisation (uncredited) |
Visual Effects by
Eugene Hague | ... | special processes (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Arthur Ibbetson | ... | camera operator |
John Cabrera | ... | clapper loader (uncredited) |
Kenneth Gray | ... | focus puller (uncredited) |
John Hardman | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Peter Saddington | ... | clapper loader (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Phyllis Dalton | ... | assistant costume designer (uncredited) |
Location Management
Fred Gunn | ... | location manager (as Fred C. Gunn) |
Music Department
Antony Hopkins | ... | musical director |
Script and Continuity Department
Betty Forster | ... | continuity |
Additional Crew
Audrey Monk | ... | production secretary (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Cesáreo González Producciones Cinematográficas
- Frankovich Productions
- Suevia Films - Cesáreo González
Distributors
- Eros Films (1953) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- RKO Radio Pictures (1953) (United States) (theatrical)
- RKO Radio Films SpA (1954) (Italy) (theatrical)
- RKO Radio Films (1954) (Finland) (theatrical)
- RKO Radio Films (1954) (France) (theatrical)
- RKO Radio Pictures (1954) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Sascha Filmverleih (1955) (Austria) (theatrical)
- Screen Gems (1959) (United States) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
Storyline
Plot Summary |
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 characters in this segment include Nerina, The Sultan, the Merchant Captain, a Merchant in French Inn and George and Bert Bernard as messengers. The third story, told by Fiametta, is "The Doctor's Daughter," concerning a delicate matter of matrimony when a wife, Isabella , finds herself spurned by the man, Bertrando, who has wed her at the command of his King. Characters include Maria, The Old Witch, Father Francaisco, and Signora Bucca.
Written by Les Adams |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Sir Peter Ustinov was originally to co- star, and also apparently contributed to the script. See more » |
Goofs | As Boccaccio surveys the shore from his 14th century ship, a large white truck is visible on a road. See more » |
Quotes |
Fiammetta:
But is there no way to keep you with me? Giovanni Boccaccio: Do you see this ring? When you wear this, and you bear me a child - then, and only then - will I become your husband in every sense of the contract. Fiammetta: But how can I wear your ring if you won't give it to me? And how can I give you a child if you - don't stay with me? Giovanni Boccaccio: You look like a resourceful woman. See more » |