On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...
On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who... (Italian: La cintura di castità), also known as The Chastity Belt,[1][2] 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.
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| Italian | La cintura di castità |
| Directed by | Pasquale Festa Campanile |
| Screenplay by | |
| Story by | Ugo Liberatore |
| Produced by | Francesco Mazzei |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Carlo Di Palma |
| Edited by | Gabrio Astori |
| Music by | Riz Ortolani |
Production company | Julia Film |
| Distributed by | Titanus |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
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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.[3] Filming took place in Rome in November 1966.[4] During filming, the title was changed to On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...[5] 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.[6] It opened in San Francisco on 10 September 1969.[2]
Home media
On 27 February 2018, the film was released on DVD under its alternate title The Chastity Belt by Warner Archive Collection.[7]
Notes
- Dialogue revision
References
- "Chastity Belt, The "(La Cintura di Castità)"". The Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 36, no. 420. January 1969. p. 81. ISSN 0027-0407.
- "On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who ... (1969)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- Martin, Betty (19 September 1966). "Movie Call Sheet: Columbia to Film 'Gorgeous'". Los Angeles Times. p. C28. ISSN 0458-3035.
- "Tony Curtis Set Up to Live in the Grand Style". The Washington Post and Times-Herald. 15 September 1966. p. B7. ISSN 0190-8286.
- Weiler, A. H. (4 December 1966). "Success Spangled Simon: Full Slate". The New York Times. p. X13.
- "Tony Curtis Alive and Living in Italy". Los Angeles Times. 11 September 1968. p. G14. ISSN 0458-3035.
- "The Chastity Belt (1969) (MOD)". WB Shop. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
External links
- On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who... at IMDb
- On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who... at AllMovie
- On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who... at Rotten Tomatoes
- On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who... at the American Film Institute Catalog