Il compagno Don Camillo

Name: Il compagno Don Camillo
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1965-09-18
Duration: 1 h 49 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Leda Gloria

1965
1h 49m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

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Comedy

Priest Don Camillo blackmails his friendly rival Peppone into letting him join a Communist delegation visiting the Soviet Union.Priest Don Camillo blackmails his friendly rival Peppone into letting him join a Communist delegation visiting the Soviet Union.Priest Don Camillo blackmails his friendly rival Peppone into letting him join a Communist delegation visiting the Soviet Union.

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

2.1K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The final completed film of the Don Camillo series with Fernandel. Another one, "Don Camillo e i giovani d'oggi", began shooting in 1971, but Fernandel died before it could be completed.

Alternate versions
In an early (dubbed) version distributed in Spain, Don Camilo's joke about the possibility of General Franco shipping castanets to Brescello is replaced by that of the US President shipping a truck full of Coca Cola and popcorn. This was due to the censorship applied to movies in Spain during the Dictatorship (1936-75) The original reference to Franco was restored in a subsequent dubbed version.

Connections
Follows The Little World of Don Camillo (1952)

Soundtracks
Nel blu dipinto di blu (Volare)
Music by Domenico Modugno

User reviews3

Featured review

6/10

So so

This is a far cry from the best of the "Don Camillo" series. It's actually the one I less prefer. In this one, Don Camillo is going to Russia with Peppone, to see for itself what it's like to live in a communist country. Forget about Don Camillo being a monsignore (he was elevated to this post in the movie that come just before in the series), he's back to his job as the priest responsable for a small Italian parish. But we've got a feeling that Don Camillo's and Peppone's characters are growing old. It's probably a good thing that the series stops there.

Out of 100, I gave it 72. That's good for ** out of ****.

Seen at home, in Toronto, on September 29th, 2002.