Le retour de Don Camillo (1953)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Julien Duvivier

Writers:

Giovanni Guareschi (shorts)
Julien Duvivier (writer) ...

Release Date:

26 March 1956 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

After his battles with the communist mayor Peppone, Don Camillo is sent in exile by his bishop in a remote village...

Plot Keywords:

Flood | Mayor | Priest | Church | Country Village

Cast

Fernandel	...	Don Camillo
Gino Cervi	...	Giuseppe Bottazzi dit Peppone
Édouard Delmont	...	Le docteur Spiletti / Il dottore Spiletti
Paolo Stoppa	...	Marchetti
Alexandre Rignault	...	Franceso Gallini dit Nero
Thomy Bourdelle	...	Cagnola
Leda Gloria	...	Madame Botazzi, la femme de Peppone / La signora Bottazzi, moglie di Peppone
Charles Vissière	...	L'évêque / Il vescovo
Claudy Chapeland	...	Beppo Bottazzi
Tony Jacquot	...	Don Pietro
Saro Urzì	...	Brusco, le coiffeur / Brusco, il barbiere
Manuel Gary
Lia Di Leo	...	L'institutrice / La maestrina
Marco Tulli	...	Lo Smilzo
Arturo Bragaglia	...	Le cantonier / Il cantoniere

Also Known As:

Il ritorno di Don Camillo (Italy)
The Return of Don Camillo (USA)

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

France:U | Finland:S | UK:U | West Germany:12 | Sweden:Btl | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Brescello, Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Company:

Les Films Ariane

Trivia:

Italian censorship visa #14698 dating from 12 July 1953.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Pay close attention to Don Camillo's hand with the glass of castor oil in the "Castor Oil" scene. He pours what is clearly a viscous, oily liquid into the glass. Before drinking however, his hand drops out of view and when he puts the glass to his mouth the liquid is all of a sudden clear water. Apparently drinking the castor oil for real was one step too far.

Movie Connections:

Follows Don Camillo (1952)

Watch it again and again and again...

At home we never tire of this, perhaps the best of the Don Camillo series. The characters are so perfectly drawn and the black and white photography is much more dramatic than colour! It gives a very true-to-life picture of the social and political scene in post-war Italy, with just enough exaggeration to have the spectators rolling in the aisles.