Don Camillo's Last Round (1955)

Original title

Don Camillo e l'onorevole Peppone

Directed by

Carmine Gallone

Genre

comedy film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

12

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 191 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The third film about the Italian priest Don Camillo and his ongoing conflicts with Peppone the Communist mayor. The two rivals continue their humorous struggles in a small rural town.

light-heartedupbeatplayfulhumorouswarmnostalgicruralbittersweet

What happens

Don Camillo's Last Round (French: La grande bagarre de Don Camillo, Italian: Don Camillo e l'onorevole Peppone) is a 1955 French-Italian comedy film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Fernandel, Gino Cervi and Leda Gloria. It was the third 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. The film had 5,087,231 admissions in France. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome and on location in Boretto and Brescello in Emilia-Romagna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Virgilio Marchi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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