Don Camillo in Moscow
| Il compagno Don Camillo | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Luigi Comencini |
| Written by | Leo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi |
| Based on |
Don Camillo by Giovannino Guareschi |
| Starring | Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Gianni Garko, Graziella Granata |
| Music by | Alessandro Cicognini |
| Cinematography | Armando Nannuzzi |
| Edited by | Nino Baragli |
Release date | September 18, 1965 |
Running time | 109 min |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Don Camillo in Moscow (Italian: Il compagno Don Camillo, "Comrade Don Camillo") is a 1965 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini. It's the fifth and penultimate film in the Don Camillo series.
Plot
After receiving a tractor as a gift from the kolkhoz of an unnamed Soviet village, communist mayor Peppone plans to twin Brescello with the unnamed town. After some failed attempts to block the major's plan, Don Camillo ultimately tricks Peppone into including him (under a false name and with forged papers) among the Italian communist representatives going on the other side of the iron curtain to attend the twinning ceremonies. Only Peppone and the other comrades from Brescello will know the priest's real identity. During the Russian stay they will face a series of situations that will show them both the political contradictions of Soviet Russia and the normal life of its common people.[1]
Cast
- Fernandel ... Don Camillo
- Gino Cervi ... Giuseppe 'Peppone' Bottazzi
- Leda Gloria ... Maria Bottazzi
- Gianni Garko ... Scamoggia
- Saro Urzì ... Brusco
- Graziella Granata ... Nadia
- Paul Muller ... Le pope
- Marco Tulli ... Smilzo
- Jacques Herlin ... Perletti
- Silla Bettini ... Bigio
- Aldo Vasco ... Un camarade
- Alessandro Gottlieb ... Ivan
- Mirko Valentin ... Le faux russe
- Ettore Geri ... Oregov
- Margherita Sala ... La femme d'Ivan