Don Camillo

Don Camillo is a fictional catholic priest and the main protagonist in Giovanni Guareschi's satirical tales.

Adaptations

Films

A series of black-and-white films were made, these were French-Italian co-productions and simultaneously released in both languages. Don Camillo was played by French actor Fernandel, Peppone by the Italian actor Gino Cervi. The author of the original stories was involved in the scripts and helped select the main actors. In many European countries the films still get re-runs on television fairly regularly.

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• The Little World of Don Camillo (fr. Le Petit monde de Don Camillo/it. Don Camillo) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043918/
• The Return of Don Camillo (fr. Le Retour de Don Camillo/it. Il Ritorno di Don Camillo) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045081/
• Don Camillo's Last Round (it. Don Camillo e l'onorevole Peppone) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048002/
• Don Camillo: Monsignor (it. Don Camillo monsignore ma non troppo) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054814/
• Don Camillo in Moscow (it. Il Compagno Don Camillo) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059049/

Radio

There has been a BBC Radio 4 English language radio dramatizations series called The Little World of Don Camillo.

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Television

In 1980, the BBC produced a television series based on the stories, starring the German actor Mario Adorf as Don Camillo, and Englishman Brian Blessed as Peppone.

Related Topics:
BBC - Mario Adorf - Brian Blessed

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