Decameron Nights - Production & Contact Info

Decameron Nights (1953)
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129 min | Drama, Adventure, Romance

Decameron Nights (1953)

Approved

129 min | Drama, Adventure, Romance

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, ...See moreThe 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 See less

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21 cast members

Name	Known for
Joan Fontaine Fiammetta / Bartolomea / Ginevra / Isabella Fiammetta / Bartolomea / Ginevra / Isabella See fewer	Suspicion (1941)
Louis Jourdan Giovanni Boccaccio / Paganino / Giulio / Don Bertando Giovanni Boccaccio / Paganino / Giulio / Don Bertando See fewer	Gigi (1958)
Godfrey Tearle Ricciardo / Bernabo Ricciardo / Bernabo See fewer	The 39 Steps (1935)
Joan Collins Pampinea / Maria Pampinea / Maria See fewer	Dynasty (1981)
Binnie Barnes Contessa di Firenze / Nerina the Chambermaid / The Old Witch Contessa di Firenze / Nerina the Chambermaid / The Old Witch See fewer	The Time of Their Lives (1946)
Meinhart Maur Sultan Sultan See fewer	Dick Barton at Bay (1950)
Gordon Whiting Actor Actor See fewer	The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955)
Gordon Bell Merchant Merchant See fewer	The Story of the Treasure Seekers (1953)
Van Boolen Captain Captain See fewer	Return to the Lost Planet (1955)
Melissa Stribling Girl in Villa Girl in Villa See fewer	Horror of Dracula (1958)
Stella Riley Girl in Villa Girl in Villa See fewer	Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens (1959)
Mara Lane Girl in Villa Girl in Villa See fewer	The Old Testament (1963)
Gérard Tichy Actor (as Gerard Tichy) Actor (as Gerard Tichy) See fewer	Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Diaz de Mendoza Actor Actor See fewer	Decameron Nights (1953)
Carlos Villarías Actor (as Carolos Villarias) Actor (as Carolos Villarias) See fewer	Nostradamus (1937)
Eliot Makeham Governor of Majorca Governor of Majorca See fewer	Dark Journey (1937)
Marjorie Rhodes Signora Bucca Signora Bucca See fewer	The Family Way (1966)
Noel Purcell Father Francisco Father Francisco See fewer	Lust for Life (1956)
Hugh Morton King King See fewer	Rebecca (1979)
George Bernard Messenger Messenger See fewer	Paris Nights (1951)
Bert Bernard Messenger Messenger See fewer	Paris Nights (1951)