
02 Sep 1972

The Canterbury Tales
Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.
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During the bombing of Naples in World War II, a cynical businessman helps a naive prostitute, who spends the next two decades desperate to have him reciprocate her feelings.
Filumena Marturano
Domenico Soriano
Alfredo
Rosalia
Diana
Umberto
Michele
Riccardo
Teresina
Una pasticcere
Doctor
Seamstress
Lucia
Nocella
Cashier (uncredited)
Bartender (uncredited)
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