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The Canterbury Tales

 1972
 111 minutes (1 hrs 51 mins)
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Directed by

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Starring

Hugh Griffith · Laura Betti · Ninetto Davoli · Franco Citti · Josephine Chaplin · Alan Webb

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Release dates

US release date US release
30th May 1980
Italy release date Italy release
2nd September 1972
France release date France release
29th November 1972

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News from around the web
My favourite film: A Canterbury Tale | Movies  The Guardian Tue, 25th October 2011

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Classic Film Review: A Wartime Allegory from Powell and Pressburger — “A Canterbury Tale” (1944)  rogersmovienation.com Wed, 19th July 2023

The Canterbury Tales: Sex and Death  The Criterion Collection Tue, 13th November 2012

Powell and Pressburger: the glueman cometh  The Arts Desk Sat, 11th November 2023