Decameron Nights

Decameron Nights
Directed byHugo Fregonese
Written byGeorge Oppenheimer
Geza Herczeg (treatment)
Based onSummary of Decameron tales
1353 novel
by Giovanni Boccaccio
Produced byM. J. Frankovich
StarringJoan Fontaine
Louis Jourdan
CinematographyGuy Green
Edited byRussell Lloyd
Music byAntony Hopkins
Production
companies
Amerit Film Corp.
Film Locations, Ltd.
Distributed byEros Films (UK)
RKO Radio Pictures (US)
Release dates
  • 13 January 1953 (1953-01-13) (UK)
  • 16 November 1953 (1953-11-16) (U.S.)
Running time
94 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget£94,552[1]

Decameron Nights (also known as Tres Historias De Amor) is a 1953 British-American anthology Technicolor film directed by Hugo Fregonese and starring Joan Fontaine and Louis Jourdan.[2] It was written by George Oppenheimer 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.

  1. ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 358
  2. ^ "Decameron Nights". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 9 August 2024.