In a village of the Po valley where the earth is hard and life miserly, the priest and the communist mayor are always fighting to be the head of the community. If in secret, they admired ...
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Title: The Little World of Don Camillo (1952)
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| Fernandel | ... | Don Camillo | |
| Gino Cervi | ... | Giuseppe 'Peppone' Bottazzi | |
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Vera Talchi | ... | Gina Filotti (as Vera Talqui) |
| Franco Interlenghi | ... | Mariolino della Bruciata | |
| Sylvie | ... | Signora Cristina | |
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Charles Vissières | ... | Il Vescovo (as Charles Vissiere) |
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Clara Auteri Pepe | ... | Woman saying 'Viva Peppone!' (as Clara Auteri) |
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Italo Clerici | ... | Barchini |
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Peppino De Martino | ... | Assessor |
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Carlo Duse | ... | Il Bigio |
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Manuel Gary | ... | Il delegato (as Manoel Gary) |
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Leda Gloria | ... | Signora Bottazzi |
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Luciano Manara | ... | Filotti |
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Armando Migliari | ... | Brusco della Bruciata |
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Giovanni Onorato | ... | Scartazzini |
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In a village of the Po valley where the earth is hard and life miserly, the priest and the communist mayor are always fighting to be the head of the community. If in secret, they admired and liked each other, politics still divided them as it is dividing the country. And when the mayor wants his "People's House"; the priest wants his "Garden City" for the poor. Division exist between the richest and the poorest, the pious and the atheists and even between lovers. But if the people are as hard as the country, they are good in the bottom of their heart. Written by Jean-Marie Berthiaume <jiembe@videotron.ca>
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13 January 1953 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Don Camillo: Peppone had two. I think I took it without asking him. You know he believes in equal distribution of wealth.
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Crocefisso: Where did you get that cigar, Camillo?Don Camillo: Peppone had two. I think I took it without asking him. You know he believes in equal distribution of wealth.
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By the way, the version I watched was not dubbed but subtitled. I mention this because one of the reviewers talked about seeing a dubbed version but this was not available on the DVD I watched. And, if it had been, I would have chosen the captions regardless.
I did an odd thing. I accidentally put the second Don Camillo film ahead of the first one on my Netflix queue. So I saw the second one first. This is not that bad a thing, however, as the second film recapped what happened in the first film when it began. But, because I loved the second film so much, I couldn't wait to see the first.
This movie begins with the town in an uproar. It's a heavily divided town and the Communists have just won the election for mayor. The old guard is quite unhappy and the unhappiest is the town's priest, Don Camillo (Fernandel). And, through most of the film, he and the Mayor butt heads and fight like dogs. It's all quite silly but enjoyable.
An odd thing about the film, just as in the second, is that Don Camillo talks to Jesus--and Jesus talks back to him through the crucifix in the church! Some might find it a bit sacrilegious, but it seemed to be handled well. Also, the town's struggles is a good microcosm of post-war Italy, as the country was strongly divided between Communists and those who wanted a right-wing republic--a problem which didn't really get resolved until the 1980s.
All in all, a very good film that I enjoyed. However, please watch the next one--it gets even better.