Don Camillo in Moscow
Don Camillo in Moscow (Italian: 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.
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| Directed by | Luigi Comencini |
| Produced by | Luigi Comencini |
| Screenplay by | Piero De Bernardi |
| Story by | Leo Benvenuti |
| Based on | Don Camillo by Giovannino Guareschi |
| Starring | Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Gianni Garko, Graziella Granata |
| Music by | Alessandro Cicognini |
| Cinematography | Armando Nannuzzi |
| Edited by | Nino Baragli |
| Distributed by | Sual Bass |
Release date | September 18, 1965 |
Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | ITALY FRANCE WEST GERMANY |
| Language | Italian, French, German |
Plot
After receiving a tractor as a gift from the collective farm (kolkhoz) of a Soviet village on the Don River, Communist mayor Peppone plans to twin Brescello with the unnamed village. After some failed attempts to block the mayor's plan, the anti-Communist Don Camillo ultimately tricks Peppone into including him (under a false name and with forged papers) among the Italian Communist representatives passing through the Iron Curtain to attend the twinning ceremonies. Only Peppone and the other comrades from Brescello know the priest's real identity. During the Russian stay, they face a series of situations that will show them both the political contradictions of Soviet Russia and the normal life of its common people.[1]
Cast
- Fernandel ... Don Camillo
- Gino Cervi ... Giuseppe 'Peppone' Bottazzi
- Leda Gloria ... Maria Bottazzi
- Gianni Garko ... Scamoggia
- Saro Urzì ... Brusco
- Graziella Granata ... Nadia
- Paul Muller ... Le pope
- Marco Tulli ... Smilzo
- Jacques Herlin ... Perletti
- Silla Bettini ... Bigio
- Aldo Vasco ... Un camarade
- Alessandro Gottlieb ... Ivan
- Mirko Valentin ... Le faux russe
- Ettore Geri ... Oregov
- Margherita Sala ... La femme d'Ivan