
Boccaccio
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.
Cast

Willy Fritsch
Petruccio, Stadtschreiber

Albrecht Schoenhals
Cesare d’ Este, Herzog von Ferrara

Klaus Pohl
Empörter Bürger Ferraras

Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel
Junge Frau aus Ferrara

Heli Finkenzeller
Fiametta, Petruccios Frau

Albert Florath
Bartolomeo, Hauptmann

Horst Birr
Geselle bei Calandrino

Paul Rehkopf
Arbeiter in der Druckerei

Gina Falckenberg
Francesca, seine Frau

Paul Kemp
Verleger Calandrino

Ernst Waldow
Ricco, Vertrauter des Herzogs

Hans Hermann Schaufuß
Der Oberrichter

Helmut Weiss
Geronimo, ein Kleiderhändler

Fita Benkhoff
Bianca, seine Frau