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The Little World of Don Camillo

The Little World of Don Camillo

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Overview

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 hard as the country, they are good in the bottom of there heart.

Directed by Julien Duvivier
Written by Giovanni Guareschi, Julien Duvivier, René Barjavel
Produced by Giuseppe Amato, Angelo Rizzoli
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Top Cast

Fernandel

Fernandel

Don Camillo Tarocci

Gino Cervi

Gino Cervi

Giuseppe Bottazzi "Peppone"

Vera Talchi

Vera Talchi

Gina Filotti

Franco Interlenghi

Franco Interlenghi

Mariolino Brusco

Saro Urzì

Saro Urzì

Brusco

Charles Vissières

Charles Vissières

Il Vescovo

Sylvie

Sylvie

Signora Cristina

Clara Auteri Pepe

Clara Auteri Pepe

Clara Auteri

I

Italo Clerici

Barchini

Peppino De Martino

Peppino De Martino

Assessore

Themes & Keywords

strikecheatingitalyvillagebaptismromancepriestfootball (soccer)roman catholic churchcommunismneighbor neighbor relationship1940smayoral election

About The Little World of Don Camillo

The Little World of Don Camillo is a comedy film released in 1952 exploring themes of strike, cheating, italy, village, baptism, romance. Directed by Julien Duvivier, it stars Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Vera Talchi. 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 hard as the country, they are good in the bottom of there heart.

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