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Don Camillo's Last Round
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Wikipedia article
'Don Camillo's Last Round' (French: 'La grande bagarre de Don Camillo', Italian: 'Don Camillo e l'onorevole Peppone') is a 1955 French-Italian comedy film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Fernandel, Gino Cervi and Leda Gloria. It was the third of five films featuring Fernandel as the Italian priest Don Camillo and his struggles with Giuseppe 'Peppone' Bottazzi, the Communist mayor of their rural town. The film had 5,087,231 admissions in France.
It was shot at the Cinecitt Studios in Rome and on location in Boretto and Brescello in Emilia-Romagna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Virgilio Marchi.
Plot
In the small town of Brescello, skirmishes are continuing between the parish priest Don Camillo and the Communist mayor Peppone Bottazzi. After staging a theft of Don Camillo's prized chickens in retribution for a political prank pulled by the priest, Peppone decides to enter the big time of politics by standing for national senator. Peppone has been assisted by a winsome young lady comrade sent from the big city to assist him, but the mayor's wife - suspecting more - complains to Don Camillo, who endeavours to remedy the threatened domestic breakdown.
Cast
* Fernandel as Don Camillo
* Gino Cervi as Giuseppe 'Peppone' Bottazzi
* Claude Sylvain as Clotilde
* Leda Gloria as La signora Bottazzi, moglie di Peppone
* Umberto Spadaro as Bezzi
* Memmo Carotenuto as Lo Spiccio
* Saro Urz as Brusco, il parucchiere
* Guido Celano as Il maresciallo
* Luigi Tosi as Il prefetto
* Marco Tulli as Lo Smilzo
* Giovanni Onorato as Il Lungo
Sequel
*'Don Camillo: Monsignor' (Italian: 'Don Camillo monsignore ma non troppo'; French: 'Don Camillo Monseigneur') (1961)
*'Don Camillo in Moscow' (Italian: 'Il compagno don Camillo'; French: 'Don Camillo en Russie') (1965)
*'Don Camillo e i giovani d'oggi' (French: 'Don Camillo et les contestataires'; English translated: 'Don Camillo and the youth of today') (1970) (unfinished film)
References
Category:1955 comedy films
Category:1955 films
Category:Films about Catholic priests
Category:Films based on Italian novels
Category:Films based on works by Giovannino Guareschi
Category:Films directed by Carmine Gallone
Category:French comedy films
Category:Italian comedy films
Category:1950s Italian-language films
Category:Films with screenplays by Age & Scarpelli
Category:French satirical films
Category:Italian satirical films
Category:French political satire films
Category:Italian political satire films
Category:Films critical of communism
Category:Films scored by Alessandro Cicognini
Category:Films shot at Cinecitt Studios
Category:Films with screenplays by Ren Barjavel
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