Little World of Don Camillo

The Little World of Don Camillo
Directed byJulien Duvivier
Written byGiovannino Guareschi (novel), Julien Duvivier, Oreste Biancoli, René Barjavel
StarringFernandel, Gino Cervi, Franco Interlenghi, Vera Talchi
CinematographyNicolas Hayer
Edited byMaria Rosada
Music byAlessandro Cicognini
Release date
  • 18 March 1952 (1952-03-18)
Running time
107 min
CountriesItaly
France
LanguagesItalian, French
Box office13,215,653 admissions (Italy)[1]
12,791,168 admissions (France)[2]

The Little World of Don Camillo (Italian: Don Camillo; French: Le Petit Monde de don Camillo) is a 1952 Italian-French film directed by Julien Duvivier, starring Fernandel and Gino Cervi. It was the first film in the "Don Camillo" series, which made Fernandel an international star. The film was based on the novel Don Camillo by Italian author Giovannino Guareschi. It was followed in 1953 by The Return of Don Camillo, also directed by Duvivier.

In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."[3]

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  2. ^ "TOP250 tous les temps en France (Reprises incluses)". JP's Box-office. Archived from the original on March 31, 2018. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  3. ^ "Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare Corriere della Sera". www.corriere.it. Retrieved 2021-03-11.