The Black Decameron

Il decamerone nero

Five unrelated tales: (1) "The Ravishing Queen" / "La Reina Bella", in which the queen choses a king by devious endurance tests of the pretendants; (2) "The Punished Lovers", in which a fake blind husband is 'cured' after having the culprits banished from the tribe; (3) "The Old Prostitute" who manages to take revenge from all the village dignitaries who wrongfully condemned her brother; (4) "The Endless Search" that does not end until a hunter finds his perfect end-game; (5) "The Crazy Woman" whose illness was not exactly of the mind, but of an (almost) insatiable lust.

Director

Piero Vivarelli

Screenplay

Ottavio Alessi

Novela

Leo Frobenius

Screenplay

Piero Vivarelli

Status

Released

Release date

15/10/1972

Original language

Italian