The Return of Don Camillo

The Return of Don Camillo -Il ritorno di Don Camillo-
Giovannino Guareschi and Fernandel on the set
Directed by	Julien Duvivier
Produced by	Giuseppe Amato
Written by	Giovanni Guareschi (story) René Barjavel Julien Duvivier Giuseppe Amato
Starring	Fernandel Gino Cervi Édouard Delmont Paolo Stoppa
Narrated by	Emilio Cigoli
Music by	Alessandro Cicognini
Cinematography	Anchise Brizzi
Edited by	Marthe Poncin
Release date	5 June 1953
Running time	115 minutes
Country	France Italy
Language	French Italian

The Return of Don Camillo (Italian: Il ritorno di Don Camillo) is a 1953 French-Italian comedy film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Fernandel, Gino Cervi and Édouard Delmont.^[1] The film's sets were designed by Virgilio Marchi. It was the second 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.

Plot

Don Camillo is exiled by Peppone, the communist mayor of a small mountain town named Brescello. But the mayor has problems with the citizens of the town, who want Camillo back as parish priest. In addition, a flood threatens to destroy Brescello and its environs. So Peppone calls back the priest, and he tries to raise the money needed to prevent damage from the imminent flood. However, delays occur and the flood devastates the area. Don Camillo is forced to leave again.

Cast

Fernandel as Don Camillo
Gino Cervi as Giuseppe 'Peppone' Bottazzi
Édouard Delmont as Il dottor Spiletti
Paolo Stoppa as Marchetti
Alexandre Rignault as Franceso 'Nero' Gallini
Thomy Bourdelle as Cagnola
Leda Gloria as Signora Bottazzi
Charles Vissières as Il vescovo
Claudy Chapeland as Beppo Bottazzi
Tony Jacquot as Don Pietro
Saro Urzì as Brusco - il barbiere
Manuel Gary
Lia Di Leo as La maestrina
Marco Tulli as Lo Smilzo
Arturo Bragaglia as Il cantoniere
Enzo Staiola as Mario Cagnola
Miranda Campa as Signora Spiletti

Reception

It was the second most popular film of the year at the French box office in 1953.^[2]

References

↑ Moliterno p.80
↑ "1953 at the box office". Box Office Story.

Bibliography

Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

The Return of Don Camillo on IMDb

Films directed by Julien Duvivier

Filmography

Haceldama ou Le prix du sang (1919)
The Reincarnation of Serge Renaudie (1920)
The Hurricane on the Mountain (1922)
The Agony of the Eagles (1922)
Les roquevillard (1922)
The Reflection of Claude Mercœur (1923)
L'oeuvre immortelle (1924)
Coeurs farouches (1924)
A Machine for Recreating Life (1924)
Credo ou la tragédie de Lourdes (1924)
The Abbot Constantine (1925)
The Red Head (1925)
Le mystère de la tour Eiffel (1927)
The Marriage of Mademoiselle Beulemans (1927)
L'homme à l'Hispano (1927)
L'agonie de Jérusalem (1927)
The Maelstrom of Paris (1928)
Mother Hummingbird (1929)
The Divine Voyage (1929)
La Vie miraculeuse de Thérèse Martin (1930)
Au bonheur des dames (1930)
David Golder (1931)
The Five Accursed Gentlemen (1932)
La Vénus du collège (1932)
Here's Berlin (1932)
The Red Head (1932)
A Machine for Recreating Life (1933)
A Man's Neck (1933)
The Little King (1933)
S.S. Tenacity (1934)
Maria Chapdelaine (1935)
Golgotha (1935)
La Bandera (1935)
The Golem (1936)
They Were Five (1936)
The Man of the Hour (1937)
Pépé le Moko (1937)
Life Dances On (1937)
The Great Waltz (1938)
The End of the Day (1939)
The Phantom Carriage (1939)
Lydia (1941)
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
The Heart of a Nation (1943)
Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
The Impostor (1944)
Panique (1946)
Anna Karenina (1948)
Au royaume des cieux (1949)
Black Jack (1950)
Under the Paris Sky (1951)
The Little World of Don Camillo (1952)
Holiday for Henrietta (1952)
The Return of Don Camillo (1953)
L'affaire Maurizius (1954)
Marianne of My Youth (1955)
Deadlier Than the Male (1956)
The Man in the Raincoat (1957)
Pot-Bouille (1957)
The Female (1959)
Marie-Octobre (1959)
The High Life (1960)
Boulevard (1960)
The Burning Court (1962)
The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)
Chair de poule (1963)
Diabolically Yours (1967)

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