Name: Bawdy Tales
Genre: Drama
Released: 1973
Duration: 1 min 35 s
Cast: Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Silvano Gatti, Ennio Pansoetti

Brief Synopsis

Rome, 1850. In prison, two young men, Bernardino and Mamonne, condemned for murder wait their own death penalty to be executed, and pass their last hours telling each other lust and castration stories (4 flash-blacks). The first story involves a duc and a clergyman castrating themselves, while the lusty duchess and a lusty countrygirl are left alone. The second story is about a Calabrese shepherd who leads his unfaithful wife to eat her lover's testicles, supposing they were from cattle. The third story deals with the castration of a priest by the young man after whom he was lusting. And the last story is about a different sort of menage-a-trois.

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Also Known As

Roguish Stories, Storie Scellerate

Genre

Drama

Release Date

1973

Production Company

United Artists Films

Distribution Company

United Artists Films

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 35m

Sound

Mono

Color

Color (Technicolor)

Synopsis

Rome, 1850. In prison, two young men, Bernardino and Mamonne, condemned for murder wait their own death penalty to be executed, and pass their last hours telling each other lust and castration stories (4 flash-blacks). The first story involves a duc and a clergyman castrating themselves, while the lusty duchess and a lusty countrygirl are left alone. The second story is about a Calabrese shepherd who leads his unfaithful wife to eat her lover's testicles, supposing they were from cattle. The third story deals with the castration of a priest by the young man after whom he was lusting. And the last story is about a different sort of menage-a-trois.