Boccaccio (1972 film)

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Boccaccio
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Directed by Bruno Corbucci
Written by Mario Amendola
Bruno Corbucci
Produced by Dino De Laurentiis
Cinematography Luigi Kuveiller
Edited by Eugenio Alabiso
Music by Carlo Rustichelli
Production
company
Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica
Release date
  • 1972 (1972)
Running time
98 minutes
Country Italy
LanguageItalian

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 (1971). [1] [2]

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Montesano and Koscina photographed on set (1972) Boccaccio (1972) - Enrico Montesano, Sylva Koscina.jpg
Montesano and Koscina photographed on set (1972)

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