If your idea of slapstick comedy is a husband diving on top of his wife forgetting that he put a chastity belt on her before he went off to war, then this is just what you are looking for.Olimpio (Pippo Franco) is a bumbling fool who has a gorgeous wife Fiamma (Karin Schubert), who has been cheating with everyone in town while he was away, despite her chastity belt. Nature will find a way.When he returns, he sees Ubalda (Edwige Fenech) and spends his time and energy trying to bed her, despite a lurking jealous husband (Umberto D'Orsi).There is plenty of sex jokes along with the slapstick, and, as you might imagine, plenty of luscious flesh on display.

A sex-starved knight returns from war and gets in a feud with the local miller, which both men try to resolve by attempting to seduce the other's wife (played respectively by Edwige Fenech and Karin Schubert). They are stopped, partly by a pair of locked steel chastity belts, but mostly by their own stupidity, as these contraptions certainly don't prevent practically every other man in town--the local stud, the lecherous priest, the horny doctor, and the crafty locksmith--from cuckolding them both repeatedly.This period sex comedy was no doubt inspired partly by the German sex comedies lead Edwige Fenech had earlier appeared in, but mostly by "The Decameron" (probably the hit Passolini movie more than the classic Boccacio book). Owing to the "Decameron" influence, it's more pointed and satirical and thus little better than the moronic German movies--and the version I saw had the benefit of having subtitles instead of being clumsily dubbed into English by the usual gang of idiots. Still it's pretty tame. There is a lot of nudity, but it's all above the waist (fortunately, Fenech, Schubert, and their other female co-star Gabriella Giorgelli were all pretty impressive in that department).Still it's a pretty slight movie--the most interesting thing about is the extras on the new DVD: There is a bizarre and trippy psychedelic montage of all Fenech's boob-bouncing nude scenes from the movie (which might save the weasel-milkers out there some time). There's some Italian trailers from Fenech's various "Sexy Schoolteacher" movies (which look even dumber than this one). And there is a strange excerpt from a longer interview with the still gorgeous Fenech where she gushes over Quentin Tarantino, which is not only ironic but kind of irrelevant here since this is probably the one genre of films she appeared in that ole Q.T. has not ripped off yet. (Give him time though). This is definitely worth a look for Edwige Fenech stalkers and Bocaccio completists, but for anyone else, well. . .

First of all I have to confess that for me this film would be worth it just for the title and the presence of Edwige Fenech. Surprise, surprise though, the film really does have a certain charm as well as lots of nakedness, perhaps a little too much male incompetence and tomfoolery but is actually very amusing and sometimes very funny. Both the actions and dialogue are effective and because I knew that the central theme included wives in chastity belts I did fear there might be rather protracted unfunny bits alluding to this, but no.Well worth a watch and now I want to see more of these Canterbury Tales spin-offs.

This very old-fashioned slapstick comedy is like a feature-length Benny Hill skit -- full of grotesques, lame pratfalls, and gorgeous, teasing, undraped females. Its singular claim to fame is the presence of two top Eurotrash starlets in featured roles, both in their prime and both displaying their assets throughout the picture, including one lengthy slow-motion run through the fields for Edwige. As usual, Fenech shows lots of personality and humour, while Shubert's icy appeal was definitely more suited to her later hardcore roles. The denouement, in which the boys get their just deserts, is actually quite funny. There's really no need for dubbing or subtitles on this one.