Don Camillo e i giovani d'oggi (1972)

Embattled priest Don Camillo faces his biggest challenge yet: modernity. First, his ecclesiastical superiors send him a hip young curate (Don Chichí) with a mandate to bring Vatican II to ... See full summary »

Director:

Mario Camerini

Writers:

Adriano Baracco, Leonardo Benvenuti,

Stars:

Gastone Moschin, Lionel Stander, Carole André

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gastone Moschin	...	Don Camillo
Lionel Stander	...	Peppone
Carole André	...	Caterina
Paolo Giusti	...	Michele
Daniele Dublino	...	Don Francesco
Dolores Palumbo	...	Maria
Elvira Tonelli	...	Jole
Luciano Bartoli	...	Ringo
Jean Rougeul
Barbara Herrera
Marcello Di Martire
Vittorio Duse
Luca Sportelli
Giorgio Paoletti
Carla Mancini	...	Dancing Girl

Storyline

Embattled priest Don Camillo faces his biggest challenge yet: modernity. First, his ecclesiastical superiors send him a hip young curate (Don Chichí) with a mandate to bring Vatican II to his rural parish. Then he receives a visit from his wayward niece "Cat," a flower child determined to turn the Little World upside down. Meanwhile, Don Camillo's old adversary, communist Mayor Peppone, must deal with his own grown son, a rebel in search of a cause.

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Plot Keywords:

based on novel | based on novel

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Italy France

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

11 October 1972 (France)

Also Known As:

Don Camillo et les contestataires

Filming Locations:

San Secondo Parmense, Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Francoriz Production, Rizzoli Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

111 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color Black and White

Did You Know?

Trivia

The movie was first intended as the sixth in the "Don Camillo" series, starring Fernandel and Gino Cervi. After a few weeks of shooting in July 1970, Fernandel had to leave the set, because of failing health. Production was halted but investors in the movie wanted to resume it with a mostly new team. Co-star Gino Cervi and original director Christian-Jaque did not agree to pursue the film without Fernandel, so the series did not continue.

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Connections

References The Little World of Don Camillo (1952)

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Soundtracks

"To be a horse"
Written by Paolo Rustichelli
Performed by Cammello Buch

User Reviews

Don't see this movie

This "Don Camillo e i giovani d'oggi" (Don Camillo and the young of today) is a pale, crappy imitation of the classic series. The spirit of the book ( the last one ,because Guareschi died) was all lost; the acting is wrong (no fun, the character looks angry ); Lionel Started played Peppone ( Peppone does means "big Joe") and he is less then inspired; Gastone Moschin played an harsh and despicable Don Camillo, who won a " boxing match" kicking Peppone 's son ( the hell's angel boss, Veleno ) in the nuts ( in the novel Don Camillo fights as usual : punching and bodyslammed his younger opponent) !!! Get it? In the novel Don Camillo is an aged but still strong and leal fighter while in the movie is a unpleasant and dirty cheater. His main rival\alley is Veleno (Venom) , Peppone 's son : a rude and muscolar hell's angel but still a good fellow : brave and leal. In the movie Veleno was portrait as a some ugly street thug.

This movie paired in ugliness with the infamous remake by Terence Hill but it is not a nice family movie, it appear more a darker , mean version of Don Camillo . My advice: buy only the original Fernandel -Gino Cervi movies: see them in English and later in Italian with subtitles and stay away from further versions.