''Jus primae noctis'' is a 1972 Italian
comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
directed by
Pasquale Festa Campanile
Pasquale Festa Campanile (28 July 1927 – 25 February 1986) was an Italian screenwriter, film director and novelist, best known as a prominent exponent of the commedia all'italiana genre.
Life and career
Born at Melfi, in the province ...
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Plot
Ariberto de Ficulle is a nobleman who came into possession of a small feud by marrying the ugly Matilde Montefiascone. Domineering in the village and fighting constantly with Gandolfo, Ariberto, not satisfied, also restores the "
ius primae noctis
('right of the lord'), also known as ('right of the first night'), was a supposed legal right in medieval Europe, allowing feudal lords to have sexual relations with subordinate women, in particular, on the wedding nights of the women.
A maj ...
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Cast
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Lando Buzzanca
Gerlando "Lando" Buzzanca (24 August 1935 – 18 December 2022) was an Italian stage, film, and television actor whose career spanned 65 years.
Life and career
Early years
Born in Palermo the son of a cinema projectionist, at 16 years old Buz ...
as Ariberto da Ficulle
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Renzo Montagnani
Renzo Montagnani (September 11, 1930 – May 22, 1997) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Biography
Montagnani was born in Alessandria, Piedmont, and debuted as theatre actor thanks to the help of Erminio Macario. His first cinema succe ...
as Gandolfo
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Marilù Tolo
Marilù Tolo (born Maria Lucia Tolo; 16 January 1944) is an Italian film actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1960 and 1985.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Tolo, at a very young age, worked as an assistant of Mario Riva in the ...
as Venerata
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Felice Andreasi as Friar Puccio
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as Guidone
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Paolo Stoppa
Paolo Stoppa Knight Grand Cross (6 June 1906 – 1 May 1988) was an Italian actor.
Biography
Born in Rome, he began as a stage actor in 1927 in the theater in Rome and began acting in films in 1932. As a stage actor, his most celebrated ...
as the pope
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Gino Pernice
Gino Pernice (6 May 1927 – 25 April 1997) was an Italian stage, television and film actor.
Life and career
Born in Milan, Pernice trained at the Accademia dei Filodrammatici graduating in 1952, and made his professional debut with the stage ...
as Marculfo
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Ely Galleani
Ely Galleani (born 24 April 1953), sometimes credited as Justine Gall and Ely Gall, is a retired Italian film actress.
Born in Alassio as Federica Elisabetta De Galleani, daughter of an Italian count and of a Polish woman of Lithuanian origin, G ...
as Beata
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Alberto Sorrentino as the friar
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Giancarlo Cobelli as Curiale
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Ignazio Leone
Ignazio Leone (19 April 1923 – 30 December 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 105 films between 1952 and 1976.
Selected filmography
* '' The Walk'' (1953)
* '' I Chose Love'' (1953)
* ''Amici per la pelle'' (1955)
* '' A Wom ...
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Clara Colosimo
Clara Colosimo (23 May 1922 – 15 June 1994) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 65 films between 1968 and 1991.
Selected filmography
* ''Alfredo, Alfredo'' (1972)
* '' Sex Pot'' (1975)
* '' Il mostro'' (1977)
* '' Zanna Bianca e ...
References
External links
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1972 films
Italian comedy films
1972 comedy films
Films directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile
1970s Italian films
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