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Decameron Nights is a 1953 anthology Technicolor film based on three tales from The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, specifically the ninth and tenth tales of the second day and the ninth tale of the third. It stars Joan Fontaine and, as Boccaccio, Louis Jourdan.
Original Release
01/13/1953
US Release
11/16/1953
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Joan Fontaine | Fiametta / Bartolomea / Ginevra / Isabella / Fiammetta |
| Louis Jourdan | Giovanni Boccaccio / Paganino / Guilio / Don Bertando / Giulio |
| Godfrey Tearle | Ricciardo / Bernabo |
| Joan Collins | Pampinea / Maria |
| Binnie Barnes | Contessa di Firenze / Nerina the Chambermaid / The Old Witch / Comtesse di Firenze / Nerina / Old Witch |
| Meinhart Maur | Sultan |
| Gordon Whiting | |
| Gordon Bell | Merchant |
| Van Boolen | Captain |
| Melissa Stribling | Girl in Villa |
Directors
Writers
Giovanni Boccaccio, George Oppenheimer, Geza Herczeg
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Joan Fontaine | Fiametta / Bartolomea / Ginevra / Isabella / Fiammetta |
| Louis Jourdan | Giovanni Boccaccio / Paganino / Guilio / Don Bertando / Giulio |
| Godfrey Tearle | Ricciardo / Bernabo |
| Joan Collins | Pampinea / Maria |
| Binnie Barnes | Contessa di Firenze / Nerina the Chambermaid / The Old Witch / Comtesse di Firenze / Nerina / Old Witch |
| Meinhart Maur | Sultan |
| Gordon Whiting | |
| Gordon Bell | Merchant |
| Van Boolen | Captain |
| Melissa Stribling | Girl in Villa |
| Stella Riley | Girl in Villa |
| Gérard Tichy | (as Gerard Tichy) |
| Diaz de Mendoza | |
| Carlos Villarías | (as Carolos Villarias) |
| Eliot Makeham | Governor of Majorca |
| Marjorie Rhodes | Signora Bucca |
| Noel Purcell | Father Francisco |
| Hugh Morton | King |
| George Bernard | Messenger |
| Bert Bernard | Messenger |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| M.J. Frankovich | Producer |
| Montagu Marks | Producer |
| William A. Szekeley | Producer |
