Directed by Jiří Trnka
Czechoslovakia • 1964 • 29 mins. • In Czech
Adapted from a story in Boccaccio’s Decameron, this irreverent, medieval-set lampoon of religious hypocrisy mixes Christian iconography with bawdy black humor to tell the tale of a lusty Venetian monk who assumes the guise of the angel Gabriel to seduce a married woman.
Genres: Animation