The Little World of Don Camillo

The Little World of Don Camillo

1952 · 107 min · ★ 7.6 · Comedy

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 Julien Duvivier

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Fernandel Don Camillo Tarocci
Gino Cervi Giuseppe Bottazzi "Peppone"
Vera Talchi Gina Filotti
Franco Interlenghi Mariolino Brusco
Saro Urzì Brusco
Charles Vissières Il Vescovo
Sylvie Signora Cristina
Clara Auteri Pepe Clara Auteri
Italo Clerici Barchini
Peppino De Martino Assessore
Carlo Duse Il Bigio
Manuel Gary Il delegato

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