Pasolini wrote, directed and stars in this richly textured epic based on eight tales by 14th-century Italian writer Giovanni Boccaccio. Pasolini weaves the stories together into a bawdy tapestry of a medieval Italy populated by artists, priests and magicians. Appearing in the role of the great pre-Renaissance painter Giotto, Pasolini guides the viewer through a cinematic landscape ripe with sensuality and irreverent humor. First in Pasolini's "Trilogy of Life," which also includes THE ARABIAN NIGHTS and THE CANTERBURY TALES. Originally rated X by the Motion Picture Association of America.

Pasolini wrote, directed and stars in this richly textured epic based on eight tales by 14th-century Italian writer Giovanni Boccaccio. Pasolini weaves the stories together into a bawdy tapestry of a medieval Italy populated by artists, priests and magicians. Appearing in the role of the great pre-Renaissance painter Giotto, Pasolini guides the viewer through a cinematic landscape ripe with sensuality and irreverent humor.

Color by Technicolor.

The first installment in Pasolini's "Trilogy of Life" series.

"The Decameron" was rated "X" by the MPAA in 1971 and re-rated (with no editing required) to an "R" in 1991.

Screened at the Berlin Film Festival on June 28, 1971.

DVD Features:

Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Mono - Italian
Subtitles - English - Optional
Subtitles - French - Optional
Subtitles - Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer

Franco Citti: Actor
Ninetto Davoli: Italian Actor
Silvana Mangano: Italian Actress,, ULYSSES (1954), DEATH IN VENICE (1971)
M. Gabriella Frankel: 
Gerhard Exel: 
Wolfgang Hillinger: 
Vincenzo Amato: 
Jovan Jovanovic: 
Guiseppe Zigaina: 

Pier Paolo Pasolini: Director/Writer/Theorist

Franco Rossellini: 

Ennio Morricone: Italian composer, THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (1966)