The return of Don Camillo: plot, cast and streaming of the film on Rete 4

The return of Don Camillo: plot, cast and streaming of the film

This evening, Saturday 13 April 2024, at 9.20 pm on Rete 4, The Return of Don Camillo, a 1953 film directed by Julien Duvivier, will be broadcast. But let's see all the information together in detail.

Plot

Winter 1946. Don Camillo has been relieved of his duties as parish priest of his town as punishment and therefore leaves for the parish of Montenara, lost in the mountains, to replace the deceased parish priest Don Luciano. Here, in a cold environment, he carries out his ministry at the church, attended only by the housekeeper. In the meantime, in Don Camillo's town, Peppone finds himself facing many problems and does not even have the help of the new parish priest: in fact the citizens did not take the reverend's departure because of Peppone well at all and categorically refuses to get married, baptize children or even organize funerals, causing serious damage to municipal coffers. Only the return of Don Camillo will put an end to the disputes which also involve a landowner, Cagnola, who does not want to give up part of his lands to build an embankment along the Po that should prevent floods. In an altercation that occurs shortly afterwards he injures his companion known as “il Nero”, believing he has actually killed him, and is in turn injured by Peppone, who is also convinced he has killed him. To have an alibi, both turn to Don Camillo in his exile in Montenara.

Don Camillo manages to calm the situation, extracting a promise from Cagnola that he would give up the lands necessary to build the embankment. For this reason Peppone turns to the bishop to have Don Camillo return to Brescello. The latter is satisfied, but with the warning from the prelate not to come and complain again if he gets hit on the head again. Upon returning to the village Don Camillo will have to put an end to a fight at the people's house that broke out at the end of a boxing match, specially organized at the same time as the parish priest's arrival at the station to avoid a crowd that would have been “the triumph of reaction”. It then happens that Cagnola reneges on the promise of the lands, considering the embankment useless for preventing floods, which will promptly occur immediately, and of such magnitude that even the embankment eventually built would have been of no use.

The return of Don Camillo: the cast

We have seen the plot of The Return of Don Camillo, but who is the complete cast of the film? Below is the list of actors with their respective roles:

• Fernandel: Don Camillo
• Gino Cervi: Peppone
• Édouard Delmont: Doctor Spiletti
• Paolo Stoppa: Marchetti
• Alexandre Rignault: Francesco “Nero” Gallini
• Thomy Bourdelle: Bitch
• Enzo Staiola: Mario Cagnola
• Claudy Chapeland: Beppo Bottazzi
• Tony Jacquot: Don Pietro
• Charles Vissières: bishop
• Leda Gloria: Mrs. Bottazzi
• Saro Urzì: the Brusco
• Marco Tulli: the Smilzo
• Giovanni Onorato: Scartazzini
• Pina Gallini: perpetual of Montenara
• Gian Paolo Rosmino: Mr. Spiletti
• Miranda Campa: Mrs. Spiletti
• Bernardo Severani: doctor
• Lia Di Leo: teacher
• Arturo Bragaglia: roadman
• Manoel Gary: Cerratini, PCI delegate
• Roberto Loreti: Peppone's little son
• Checco Durante: grocer
• André Hildebrand: opposition member
• Robert Lombard: musician
• Jean Mollier: commoner
• Rina Morelli: woman who prays
• Lino Solari: commoner
• Giuseppe Tosi: Anteo Gorlini, foreign boxing challenger
• Gloria Villar: daughter of Mr. Spiletti

Streaming and TV

Where to see The Return of Don Camillo live on TV and live streaming? The film, as mentioned, will be broadcast tonight – Saturday 13 April 2024 – at 9.20 pm on Rete 4. It will also be possible to follow it in live streaming via the free platform Mediaset Infinity.