Actress
, 1h51
Directed by Giulio Paradisi,
Luigi ComenciniOrigin FranceGenres Comedy,
HistoricalThemes Films about religion,
Political filmsActors Fernandel,
Gino Cervi,
Saro Urzì,
Gianni Garko,
Graziella Granata,
Jacques HerlinRoles Maria Bottazzi
Rating69%
After receiving a tractor as a gift from the kolkhoz of an unnamed Soviet village, communist mayor Peppone plans to twin Brescello with the unnamed town. After some failed attempts to block the major's plan, Don Camillo ultimately tricks Peppone into including him (under a false name and with forged papers) among the Italian communist representatives going on the other side of the iron curtain to attend the twinning ceremonies. Only Peppone and the other comrades from Brescello will know the priest's real identity. During the Russian stay they will face a series of situations that will show them both the political contradictions of Soviet Russia and the normal life of its common people., 1h58
Directed by Carmine GalloneOrigin ItalieGenres Comedy,
HistoricalThemes Films about religionActors Fernandel,
Gino Cervi,
Leda Gloria,
Valeria Ciangottini,
Marco Tulli,
Saro UrzìRoles Maria Botazzi, moglie di Peppone
Rating69%
In Brescello, Don Camillo and Peppone decide to leave for Rome, after another tremendous fight. Don Camillo become monsignor, while Peppone honorable in the parliament of Deputies at Montecitorio. However the two have a pure and provincial spirit, not suitable to the cruelty of the city, and so they come back soon in their small town in the Po valley. While Don Camillo is planning, a betrayal, a wedding in a Catholic ceremony for the son of Peppone, the mayor tries to deceive the priest with a lucky win on the lottery. Don Camillo then responds with a proposed deal on the sale of a gas station. Since Peppone, being a Communist, can not deal with money, while he had won the lottery, decides to hide the ticket. Don Camillo unmasks him, and the two return to fight, while they are spreading once again to Rome., 1h32
Directed by Maurice ClocheOrigin FranceGenres ComedyActors Fernandel,
Dora Doll,
Rellys,
Andrex,
Leda Gloria,
Pierre MiratRoles Mélanie
Rating51%
Chauffeur d'un camion benne à ordures à Arles, Marc-Antoine mène une vie tranquille auprès de sa femme Mélanie et leurs deux enfants. Quand on vole à Amédée la « Fanny » du club bouliste, Marc-Antoine propose d'en repeindre une autre. Aussitôt l'œuvre terminée, il devient une gloire locale et, grisé par sa nouvelle célébrité, laisse sa famille pour partir avec Hélène, la jeune serveuse, chez son ami Septime en Camargue, afin de s'adonner à la peinture. Mais finalement, Marc-Antoine constate qu'il reste insatisfait, et sa réussite lui semble malhonnête. Il comprend que le bonheur l'attend à nouveau, auprès de sa femme, ses enfants et ses amis, et il reprend sans remords sa vie simple d'avant., 1h35
Directed by Christian-JaqueOrigin FranceGenres ComedyActors Totò,
Fernandel,
Nino Besozzi,
Noël Roquevert,
Leda Gloria,
Henri CrémieuxRoles Antonietta
Rating73%
In the village of Assola, divided in half by the French-Italian border, the smuggler living Neapolitan Giuseppe La Paglia (Toto) and the French customs officer Ferdinand Pastorelli (Fernandel). On the feast day of the town on the French side, Ferdinand Joseph stopped arriving late to the traditional parade that was to bring the French flag, and during the following reception of the hotel two borders, which is divided in half by the border, Joseph discovered that Ferdinand was born Italian mother and an unknown father in the kitchen of the restaurant which is located in the Italian part of the hotel, for which, though recorded at the French Ministry, the customs officer, is actually Italian and is not entitled to exercise the profession. A subsequent audit at the municipality of Assola, Ferdinand discovers that those who recorded the birth years before, Gaspar Donnadiè, owner of the two borders, failed to register there, while it was the Italian municipality. The same Donaddiè tells Ferdinand that he went to the town hall French because it was raining that day and it was closer than the Italian one., 1h43
Directed by Alberto LattuadaOrigin ItalieGenres Comedy,
Comedy-dramaActors Jacqueline Sassard,
Raf Vallone,
Sylva Koscina,
Leda Gloria,
Geronimo Meynier,
Enzo CerusicoRoles Madre di Oberdan
Rating66%
À Viareggio, station balnéaire sur la mer Tyrrhénienne, l'été touche à sa fin : Guendalina, jeune adolescente de quinze ans, flirte avec Oberdan, le fils du maître-baigneur, sans grande conviction et surtout pour dissiper son ennui. Ses parents milliardaires s'apprêtent, quant à eux, à divorcer... Cette situation préoccupe beaucoup Guendalina, qui s'efforce de rapprocher ses parents. Elle finit également par aimer Oberdan, qui fait preuve de bonté et de constance. Le père de Guendalina revient bientôt et, malgré ses infidélités, se réconcilie avec Francesca, son épouse. Mais ses fonctions l'appellent aussi à Londres, et Guendalina constate amèrement la fin de son idylle amoureuse avec Oberdan, qui vient pourtant d'apprendre une heureuse nouvelle : il est reçu à son examen., 1h37
Directed by Mario SoldatiOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
ComedyActors Fernandel,
Giulia Rubini,
Fosco Giachetti,
Alberto Sordi,
Leda Gloria,
Renato SalvatoriRoles Lucia
Rating64%
Paul Verdier est un modeste représentant en chocolaterie qui n'a pas trouvé en son épouse la femme idéale. Acariâtre, en permanence de mauvaise humeur et menant la maison et les affaires à la baguette, Juliette a pourtant trouvé en Paul le mari idéal, aimable, fidèle et travailleur. Puis, le hasard va le mettre, au cours de ses tournées, dans une situation plutôt équivoque : une jeune inconnue va lui demander de se faire passer pour son mari afin qu'elle puisse en toute quiétude regagner sa ferme natale. Le timide représentant, d'abord surpris, finit par consentir. D'abord, tout se passe à merveille, un grand repas a lieu, les voisins et le curé accourent. Le lendemain après que Paul ait dormi seul dans la grange la supercherie est découverte, mais le pardon arrive vite. Paul gardera le souvenir de sa bonne action et de la tendre Marie., 1h37
Directed by Carmine GalloneOrigin ItalieGenres Comedy,
HistoricalThemes Films about religionActors Fernandel,
Gino Cervi,
Leda Gloria,
Umberto Spadaro,
Memmo Carotenuto,
Guido CelanoRoles Maria Botazzi, moglie di Peppone
Rating70%
In the small village of Brescello are continuing skirmishes between the parish priest Don Camillo and the communist mayor Peppone Bottazzi. The latter, after a theft of chickens against Don Camillo, finally decides to get around in big politics, going to stand as honorable in Rome. In fact Peppone is convinced by a female "friend" of his party, but the mayor's wife goes to complain to Don Camillo, who decides to replace the embarrassing situation., 1h46
Directed by Julien DuvivierOrigin FranceGenres ComedyThemes Films about religionActors Fernandel,
Gino Cervi,
Paolo Stoppa,
Édouard Delmont,
Arturo Bragaglia,
Leda GloriaRoles Maria Botazzi, moglie di Peppone
Rating71%
Don Camillo is exiled from Peppone in a small mountain town; however, the communist mayor of Brescello has problems with the crowd. In fact the people of the small town wants back Camillo as parish, and also a flood threatens to destroy the lands of Brescello. So Peppone call back the priest, and he tries to raise the money needed to prevent the damage of the flood that is imminent. However, delays occur and so the flood devastates the small country. Don Camillo is forced to go away again., 1h26
Directed by Filippo Walter RattiGenres Comedy,
FantasyThemes Christmas films,
Time travel films,
Ghost filmsActors Paolo Stoppa,
Guglielmo Barnabò,
Marcello Mastroianni,
Luigi Tosi,
Leda Gloria,
Sergio BergonzelliRoles Anna Colussi
Rating54%
Antonio Trabbi is a greedy old man with a very rough personality and obsessed by money. He deprecates charity and love and has no friends or love interest, being lonely and avoided by people. On Christmas Eve he is visited by the ghost of his former business partner, who warns him about his life-style and announces the visit of three spirits, who will show Antonio past, present and future Christmas days. During the night, the three spirits actually appear to Trabbi, showing him his sad past, the bad reputation he has with everyone and the bad outcome of his actions, which will lead him to a lonely death and to terrible punishments in Hell. When Trabbi wakes up he is greatly distressed by the visions and eager to change his life, starting with that very same Christmas Day., 1h47
Directed by Henri VerneuilOrigin FranceGenres Comedy,
Comedy-dramaActors Fernandel,
Jean Gaven,
Pierrette Bruno,
Georges Chamarat,
Leda Gloria,
Henri VilbertRoles Mme Zanetti, l'épicière
Rating63%
Justin, fils du boulanger de Valorgue, courtise Françoise, la fille de l'épicière. Justin part pour son service militaire en Afrique du Nord. Françoise, par dépit, quitte aussi le village et revient, dix mois plus tard, avec un bébé sur les bras. On accuse Justin d'être le père, ce qui provoque bientôt une véritable révolution à Valorgue séparé en deux clans : « les boulangiéristes » et les « épiciéristes », attisés par le fait que le boulanger refuse désormais de vendre son pain aux « épiciéristes », menaçant ainsi d'affamer le village. La malheureuse tentative des autorités d'utiliser le four communal et de confier la fabrication du pain au facteur alcoolique se termine en incendie., 1h45
Directed by Julien DuvivierOrigin FranceGenres ComedyThemes Films about religion,
Political filmsActors Fernandel,
Gino Cervi,
Franco Interlenghi,
Saro Urzì,
Leda Gloria,
Mario SilettiRoles Signora Bottazzi
Rating75%
The story starts in a small [albeit unnamed] town, simply known as "a small world", in the Po lowlands of northern Italy, in the early summer of 1946. The town's Communist party led by Peppone has just won the majority of seats within the city council, an event which they exploit for propagandistic purposes – and with some non-vocal, but church bell-assisted protest by the outraged Don Camillo, the spiritual leader of the town's Christian political party –, when an unexpected event puts an instant stop to this arising conflict: Peppone has just added a new member, a son, to his family, and following a personal and pugilistic appeal by Peppone himself (as well as some admonishment from Christ) to a reluctant Don Camillo, the child is baptized in Camillo's church. Similar conflicts arising in the course of the story are settled between Don Camillo and Peppone in a similarly conflicting, but ultimately unified fashion, such as: