''Don Camillo's Last Round'' (French: ''La grande bagarre de Don Camillo'', Italian: ''Don Camillo e l'onorevole Peppone'') is a 1955 French-Italian

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directed by

Carmine Gallone Carmine Gallone (10 September 1885 – 11 March 1973) was an early Italian film director, screenwriter, and film producer, who was also controversial for his works of pro-Fascist propaganda and historical revisionism. Considered one of Itali ...

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

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and on location in Boretto and

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Plot

In the small town of

, skirmishes are continuing between the parish priest Don Camillo and the Communist mayor

Peppone Don Camillo () and Peppone () are the fictional protagonists of a series of works by the Italian writer and journalist Giovannino Guareschi set in what Guareschi refers to as the "small world" of rural Italy after World War II. Most of the Don Cam ...

Bottazzi. After staging a theft of Don Camillo's prized chickens in retribution for a political prank pulled by the priest, Peppone decides to enter the big time of politics by standing for national senator. Peppone has been assisted by a winsome young lady comrade sent from the big city to assist him, but the mayor's wife - suspecting more - complains to Don Camillo, who endeavours to remedy the threatened domestic breakdown.

Cast

* Fernandel as Don Camillo * Gino Cervi as Giuseppe 'Peppone' Bottazzi * Claude Sylvain as Clotilde * Leda Gloria as La signora Bottazzi, moglie di Peppone * Umberto Spadaro as Bezzi * Memmo Carotenuto as Lo Spiccio * Saro Urzì as Brusco, il parucchiere * Guido Celano as Il maresciallo *

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as Il prefetto * Marco Tulli as Lo Smilzo *

Giovanni Onorato Giovanni Onorato (February 7, 1910 - February 23, 1960) was an Italian film actor.Chiti & Poppi p.85 He was the father of the actor Glauco Onorato and the cinematographer Marco Onorato. Selected filmography * '' La stella del cinema'' (1931) * ' ...

as Il Lungo

Sequel

*'' Don Camillo: Monsignor'' (Italian: ''Don Camillo monsignore ma non troppo''; French: ''Don Camillo Monseigneur'') (1961) *''

Don Camillo in Moscow ''Don Camillo in Moscow'' ( it, Il compagno Don Camillo, "Comrade Don Camillo"; french: Don Camillo en Russie, "Don Camillo in Russia") is a 1965 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini. It was the fifth film in the Don Camillo series. ...

'' (Italian: ''Il compagno don Camillo''; French: ''Don Camillo en Russie'') (1965) *''Don Camillo e i giovani d'oggi'' (French: ''Don Camillo et les contestataires''; English translated: ''Don Camillo and the youth of today'') (1970) (unfinished film)

References

1955 comedy films 1955 films Films about Catholic priests Films based on Italian novels Films based on works by Giovannino Guareschi Films directed by Carmine Gallone French comedy films Italian comedy films 1950s Italian-language films Films with screenplays by Age & Scarpelli French satirical films Italian satirical films French political satire films Italian political satire films Films critical of communism Films scored by Alessandro Cicognini Films shot at Cinecittà Studios Films with screenplays by René Barjavel 1950s Italian films 1950s French films {{1950s-comedy-film-stub