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Boccaccio

Jul 30, 1936 · 1h 28m
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The film is set during the Italian Renaissance in the 14th century. Petruccio lives in Ferrara with his wife, Fiametta. Initially, he works as a scribe at the city court. Under the pseudonym Giovanni Boccaccio, he writes amorous tales that divide opinion within the city. While the women read the texts with delight, the men are outraged by their moral licentiousness.

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Willy Fritsch
Petruccio, Stadtschreiber
Heli Finkenzeller
Fiametta, Petruccios Frau
Albrecht Schoenhals
Cesare d’ Este, Herzog von Ferrara
Gina Falckenberg
Francesca, seine Frau
Paul Kemp
Verleger Calandrino
Fita Benkhoff
Bianca, seine Frau
Albert Florath
Bartolomeo, Hauptmann
Ernst Waldow
Ricco, Vertrauter des Herzogs
Directed by Herbert Maisch

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