On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who... (), also known as The Chastity Belt, is a 1967 Italian historical comedy film directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile and starring Tony Curtis, Monica Vitti, Ivo Garrani, Hugh Griffith, John Richardson and Nino Castelnuovo. It was released theatrically in Italy on 26 October 1967 by Titanus and in the United States on 10 September 1969 by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.
Synopsis
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 chastity belt to his bride.
Cast
Monica Vitti as Boccadoro
Tony Curtis as Guerrando
Hugh Griffith as Ibn-El-Rashid
John Richardson as Dragone
Ivo Garrani as Duca Pandolfo
Nino Castelnuovo as Marculfo
Francesco Mulé as Rienzi
Franco Sportelli as Bertuccio
Gabriella Giorgelli as lady-in-waiting
Umberto Raho as monk
Leopoldo Trieste as fisherman
Production
The film was based on "The Chastity Belt" from Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron. 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 Bracciano, particularly at Castello Orsini-Odescalchi.
Release
The film took a number of years before being released in the United States. It opened in San Francisco on 10 September 1969.
Home media
On 27 February 2018, the film was released on DVD under its alternate title The Chastity Belt by Warner Archive Collection.
