Boccaccio

Overview

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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Cast

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

Vilma Bekendorf

Gesellschafterin der Herzogin

Tina Eilers

Pia, seine Frau