''On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...'' ( it, La cintura di castità) is a 1967 Italian comedy film directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile and starring Tony Curtis, Monica Vitti and

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. It was released theatrically in the United States in September, 1969. It is also known as ''The Chastity Belt''.

Plot

A knight is forced to leave for the crusades without having had time to consummate his marriage with a beautiful woman. As was custom during the period, he applies a

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to his bride.

Cast

* Monica Vitti as Boccadoro * Tony Curtis as Guerrando *

as Ibn-El-Rashid * John Richardson as Dragone * Ivo Garrani as Duca Pandolfo *

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as Marculfo * Francesco Mulé as Rienzi *

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as Bertuccio * Gabriella Giorgelli as Dama di compagnia * Umberto Raho as Monk *

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as Pescatore

Production

The film was based on "The Chastity Belt" from Bocaccio's ''

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''. It was originally titled ''The Wrong Key''. Filming took place in Rome in November 1966. During filming the title was changed to ''On My Way to the Crusades I Met a Girl Who... Location shooting was done around

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, particularly at Castello Orsini-Odescalchi.

Reception

The film took a number of years before being released in the US.

Home Media

On February 27, 2018, the film was released on DVD under its alternate title ''The Chastity Belt'' by Warner Archive Collection.

References

External links

* * 1967 films Films directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile Films scored by Riz Ortolani Italian historical comedy films 1960s historical comedy films 1960s Italian-language films English-language Italian films 1960s English-language films Titanus films Films based on works by Giovanni Boccaccio 1960s multilingual films Italian multilingual films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-comedy-film-stub