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57-475: Giovannino Oliviero Giuseppe Guareschi ( Italian: [dʒovanˈniːno ɡwaˈreski] ; 1 May 1908 – 22 July 1968) was an Italian journalist, cartoonist, and humorist whose best known creation is the priest Don Camillo . Guareschi was born into a middle-class family in Fontanelle di Roccabianca , in the province of Parma , in 1908. He always joked about the fact that he, a big man, was baptized Giovannino,

114-535: A contributor. He died in Cervia in 1968 of a heart attack at the age of 60. The Guareschi family only discovered after 1980 that the original English language publishers made unauthorised cuts in the Don Camillo stories, and only published 132 of the original 347 Italian stories. After an approach from Piers Dudgeon of Pilot Productions, the family authorised him to publish uncut translations into English of all

171-542: A name meaning "little John" or "Johnny". In 1926, his family went bankrupt and he could not continue his studies at the University of Parma . After working at various minor jobs, he started to write for a local newspaper, the Gazzetta di Parma . In 1929, he became editor of the satirical magazine Corriere Emiliano , and from 1936 to 1943 was the chief editor of a similar magazine called Bertoldo . In 1943, Guareschi

228-571: A small town where everyone knows everyone else, but not everyone necessarily likes everyone else very much. Political forces other than the Communists and the Catholics have only a marginal presence. In one episode the local Communists are incensed at the announcement that the small Italian Liberal Party has scheduled an election rally in their town, and mobilize in force to break it up—only to discover virtually no local Liberals have turned up;

285-455: A small town where everyone knows everyone else, but not everyone necessarily likes everyone else very much. Political forces other than the Communists and the Catholics have only a marginal presence. In one episode the local Communists are incensed at the announcement that the small Italian Liberal Party has scheduled an election rally in their town, and mobilize in force to break it up—only to discover virtually no local Liberals have turned up;

342-567: Is a big man, tall and strong with hard fists. For the films, the town chosen to represent that of the books was Brescello (which currently has a museum dedicated to Don Camillo and Peppone) after the production of movies based on Guareschi's tales, but in the first story Don Camillo is introduced as the parish priest of Ponteratto. Don Camillo is constantly at odds with the Communist mayor, Giuseppe Bottazzi, better known as Peppone (meaning, roughly, 'Big Joe', an allusion to Josef Stalin ) and

399-583: Is also on very close terms with the crucifix in his town church. Through the crucifix he hears the voice of Christ. The Christ in the crucifix often has far greater understanding than Don Camillo of the troubles of the people, and has to constantly but gently reprimand the priest for his impatience. What Peppone and Camillo have in common is an interest in the well-being of the town. They also appear to have both been partisan fighters during World War II ; one episode mentions Camillo having braved German patrols in order to reach Peppone and his fellow Communists in

456-583: Is also on very close terms with the crucifix in his town church. Through the crucifix he hears the voice of Christ. The Christ in the crucifix often has far greater understanding than Don Camillo of the troubles of the people, and has to constantly but gently reprimand the priest for his impatience. What Peppone and Camillo have in common is an interest in the well-being of the town. They also appear to have both been partisan fighters during World War II ; one episode mentions Camillo having braved German patrols in order to reach Peppone and his fellow Communists in

513-512: The Bishop respectively. BBC Radio 7 broadcast the second and third series throughout August and September 2010 with the fourth series beginning on 6 October. In 1980, the BBC produced a well-received television series, The Little World of Don Camillo , based on the stories, starring Italian-German actor Mario Adorf as Don Camillo and Englishman Brian Blessed as Peppone. The narrator and Voice of

570-411: The Bishop respectively. BBC Radio 7 broadcast the second and third series throughout August and September 2010 with the fourth series beginning on 6 October. In 1980, the BBC produced a well-received television series, The Little World of Don Camillo , based on the stories, starring Italian-German actor Mario Adorf as Don Camillo and Englishman Brian Blessed as Peppone. The narrator and Voice of

627-636: The Christ was Cyril Cusack . Thirteen episodes were screened on BBC 2 at 9pm on Thursday nights from January 8th 1981 to April 2nd 1981. As of 2023, the series has not been rebroadcast or released on DVD/Blu-ray. In Colombia the stories were adapted into a TV comedy called Don Camilo . The Italian Communist era was changed to a Colombian period called "La Violencia" when the Liberal and Conservative parties were fighting to maintain power in Colombia. The comedy

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684-472: The Christ was Cyril Cusack . Thirteen episodes were screened on BBC 2 at 9pm on Thursday nights from January 8th 1981 to April 2nd 1981. As of 2023, the series has not been rebroadcast or released on DVD/Blu-ray. In Colombia the stories were adapted into a TV comedy called Don Camilo . The Italian Communist era was changed to a Colombian period called "La Violencia" when the Liberal and Conservative parties were fighting to maintain power in Colombia. The comedy

741-545: The Church as a Party duty, Peppone takes his gang to the church and baptises his children there, which makes him part of Don Camillo's flock; also, Peppone and other Communists are seen as sharing in veneration of the Virgin Mary and local Saints. Don Camillo also never condemns Peppone himself, but the ideology of communism which is in direct opposition to the church. Peppone and his comrades are sometimes seen at odds with

798-433: The Church as a Party duty, Peppone takes his gang to the church and baptises his children there, which makes him part of Don Camillo's flock; also, Peppone and other Communists are seen as sharing in veneration of the Virgin Mary and local Saints. Don Camillo also never condemns Peppone himself, but the ideology of communism which is in direct opposition to the church. Peppone and his comrades are sometimes seen at odds with

855-746: The Communists organize a local campaign to sign the Stockholm Peace Appeal , it is Don Camillo who organizes a counter-campaign, and the townspeople take for granted that such a political campaign is part of his work as priest. Many stories are satirical and take on the real world political divide between the Italian Roman Catholic Church and the Italian Communist Party , not to mention other worldly politics. Others are tragedies about schism, politically motivated murder, and personal vendettas in

912-513: The Communists organize a local campaign to sign the Stockholm Peace Appeal , it is Don Camillo who organizes a counter-campaign, and the townspeople take for granted that such a political campaign is part of his work as priest. Many stories are satirical and take on the real world political divide between the Italian Roman Catholic Church and the Italian Communist Party , not to mention other worldly politics. Others are tragedies about schism, politically motivated murder, and personal vendettas in

969-762: The Communists were defeated in the 1948 Italian general election , Guareschi did not put his pen down but also criticized the Christian Democracy party. In 1950, Candido published a satirical cartoon by Carlo Manzoni poking fun at Luigi Einaudi , the then president of the Republic. The President is at the Quirinal Palace, surrounded by, instead of the presidential guard of honour (the corazzieri ), giant bottles of Nebbiolo wine, which Einaudi actually produced on his land in Dogliani. Each bottle

1026-635: The Italian actor Gino Cervi , quite a Guareschi-lookalike, both tall and bulky with big mustaches. The author of the original stories was involved in the scripts and helped select the main actors. To this day, the films are screened in Europe. The titles were: Christian-Jaque began filming the French-Italian film Don Camillo e i giovani d'oggi in 1970 but had to stop filming due to Fernandel's falling ill, which resulted in his untimely death. The film

1083-463: The Italian actor Gino Cervi , quite a Guareschi-lookalike, both tall and bulky with big mustaches. The author of the original stories was involved in the scripts and helped select the main actors. To this day, the films are screened in Europe. The titles were: Christian-Jaque began filming the French-Italian film Don Camillo e i giovani d'oggi in 1970 but had to stop filming due to Fernandel's falling ill, which resulted in his untimely death. The film

1140-506: The Liberal speaker, a middle-aged professor, speaks to a predominantly Communist audience and wins its grudging respect by his courage and determination. In one story, Don Camillo visits the Soviet Union , pretending to be a comrade . In another, the arrival of pop culture and motorcycles propels Don Camillo into fighting "decadence", a struggle in which he finds he has his hands full, especially when Christ mainly smiles benevolently on

1197-446: The Liberal speaker, a middle-aged professor, speaks to a predominantly Communist audience and wins its grudging respect by his courage and determination. In one story, Don Camillo visits the Soviet Union , pretending to be a comrade . In another, the arrival of pop culture and motorcycles propels Don Camillo into fighting "decadence", a struggle in which he finds he has his hands full, especially when Christ mainly smiles benevolently on

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1254-505: The Swiss border. Peppone is the communist town mayor. The tensions between the two characters and their respective factions form the basis of the works' satirical plots. In the post-war years (after 1945), Don Camillo Tarocci (his full name, which he rarely uses) is the hotheaded priest of a small town in the Po valley in northern Italy . He is a big man, tall and strong with hard fists. For

1311-433: The city-based Communist bureaucrats, who are sometimes seen as "barging in" and trying to dictate policy to the local Communists without knowing the local conditions. This is paralleled by Don Camillo sometimes coming into serious conflict with his Bishop, on one occasion a case of flagrant disobedience leading to Camillo being exiled to a tiny village high in the mountains; however, the Bishop is soon forced to reinstate him at

1368-433: The city-based Communist bureaucrats, who are sometimes seen as "barging in" and trying to dictate policy to the local Communists without knowing the local conditions. This is paralleled by Don Camillo sometimes coming into serious conflict with his Bishop, on one occasion a case of flagrant disobedience leading to Camillo being exiled to a tiny village high in the mountains; however, the Bishop is soon forced to reinstate him at

1425-401: The family authorised him to publish uncut translations into English of all the original 347 stories. The copyright is vested in the family, and the books published so far are: A series of black-and-white films were made between 1952 and 1965. These were French-Italian coproductions and were simultaneously released in both languages. Don Camillo was played by French actor Fernandel , Peppone by

1482-401: The family authorised him to publish uncut translations into English of all the original 347 stories. The copyright is vested in the family, and the books published so far are: A series of black-and-white films were made between 1952 and 1965. These were French-Italian coproductions and were simultaneously released in both languages. Don Camillo was played by French actor Fernandel , Peppone by

1539-516: The fictional protagonists of a series of works by the Italian writer and journalist Giovannino Guareschi set in what Guareschi refers to as the "small world" of rural Italy after World War II . Most of the Don Camillo stories came out in the weekly magazine Candido , founded by Guareschi with Giovanni Mosca. These "Little World" (Italian: Piccolo Mondo ) stories amounted to 347 in total and were put together and published in eight books, only

1596-460: The films, the town chosen to represent that of the books was Brescello (which currently has a museum dedicated to Don Camillo and Peppone) after the production of movies based on Guareschi's tales, but in the first story Don Camillo is introduced as the parish priest of Ponteratto. Don Camillo is constantly at odds with the Communist mayor, Giuseppe Bottazzi, better known as Peppone (meaning, roughly, 'Big Joe', an allusion to Josef Stalin ) and

1653-400: The first three of which were published when Guareschi was still alive. Don Camillo is a parish priest and is said to have been inspired by an actual Roman Catholic priest, World War II partisan and detainee at the concentration camps of Dachau and Mauthausen , named Don Camillo Valota (1912–1998). Guareschi was also inspired by Don Alessandro Parenti, a priest of Trepalle , near

1710-549: The late 1940s, about the rivalry between Don Camillo , a stalwart Italian priest, and the equally hot-headed Peppone, Communist mayor of a Po River Valley village in the "Little World". These stories were dramatized on radio, television and in films, most notably in the series of films featuring Fernandel as Don Camillo. By 1956, Guareschi's health had deteriorated and he began spending time in Switzerland for treatment. In 1957, he retired as editor of Candido but remained

1767-417: The mountains and administer Mass to them under field conditions. While Peppone makes public speeches about how "the reactionaries" ought to be shot, and Don Camillo preaches fire and brimstone against "godless Communists", they actually grudgingly admire each other. Therefore, they sometimes end up working together in peculiar circumstances, though keeping up their squabbling. Thus, although he publicly opposes

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1824-417: The mountains and administer Mass to them under field conditions. While Peppone makes public speeches about how "the reactionaries" ought to be shot, and Don Camillo preaches fire and brimstone against "godless Communists", they actually grudgingly admire each other. Therefore, they sometimes end up working together in peculiar circumstances, though keeping up their squabbling. Thus, although he publicly opposes

1881-400: The original 347 stories. The copyright is vested in the family, and the books published so far are as follows: Don Camillo and Peppone Don Camillo is a parish priest and is said to have been inspired by an actual Roman Catholic priest, World War II partisan and detainee at the concentration camps of Dachau and Mauthausen , named Don Camillo Valota (1912–1998). Guareschi

1938-457: The outskirts of Rome in order to demoralize Nazi German collaborators. The legitimacy of the letters was never established by the court; after a two-month trial, it found in favour of De Gasperi. Guareschi declined to appeal the verdict and spent 409 days in Parma 's San Francesco jail, and another six months on probation at his home. His most famous comic creations are his short stories, begun in

1995-413: The same ideals (even if they are each conditioned by their individual public roles in society). Guareschi created a second series of novels about a similar character, Don Candido, Archbishop of Trebilie (or Trebiglie, literally "three marble balls" or "three billiard balls"). The name of this fictional town is a play on words of Trepalle (literally "three balls"), a real town (near Livigno ) whose priest

2052-413: The same ideals (even if they are each conditioned by their individual public roles in society). Guareschi created a second series of novels about a similar character, Don Candido, Archbishop of Trebilie (or Trebiglie, literally "three marble balls" or "three billiard balls"). The name of this fictional town is a play on words of Trepalle (literally "three balls"), a real town (near Livigno ) whose priest

2109-666: The strong demand of his parishioners (including the Communists). As depicted in the stories, the Communists are the only political party with a mass grassroots organization in the town. The Italian Christian Democratic Party , the main force in Italian politics at the time, does not have a local political organization (at least, none is ever mentioned); rather, it is the Catholic Church which unofficially but very obviously plays that role. Don Camillo thus plays an explicitly political as well as religious role. For example, when

2166-542: The strong demand of his parishioners (including the Communists). As depicted in the stories, the Communists are the only political party with a mass grassroots organization in the town. The Italian Christian Democratic Party , the main force in Italian politics at the time, does not have a local political organization (at least, none is ever mentioned); rather, it is the Catholic Church which unofficially but very obviously plays that role. Don Camillo thus plays an explicitly political as well as religious role. For example, when

2223-479: The television adaptation: The World of Don Camillo does not contain all the stories contained in the individual books. The Italian, US English and UK English publications often have a different number of stories within them. The Guareschi family only discovered after 1980 that the original English language publishers made unauthorised cuts in stories, and only published 132 of the original 347 Italian stories. After an approach from Piers Dudgeon of Pilot Productions,

2280-479: The television adaptation: The World of Don Camillo does not contain all the stories contained in the individual books. The Italian, US English and UK English publications often have a different number of stories within them. The Guareschi family only discovered after 1980 that the original English language publishers made unauthorised cuts in stories, and only published 132 of the original 347 Italian stories. After an approach from Piers Dudgeon of Pilot Productions,

2337-423: The times. Don Camillo, of course, has other ideas. Despite their bickering, the goodness and generosity of each character can be seen during hard times. They always understand and respect each other when one is in danger, when a flood devastates the town, when death takes a loved one, and in many other situations in which the two "political enemies" show their mutual respect for one another and fight side by side for

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2394-423: The times. Don Camillo, of course, has other ideas. Despite their bickering, the goodness and generosity of each character can be seen during hard times. They always understand and respect each other when one is in danger, when a flood devastates the town, when death takes a loved one, and in many other situations in which the two "political enemies" show their mutual respect for one another and fight side by side for

2451-505: The war, Guareschi returned to Italy and in 1945 founded a monarchist weekly satirical magazine, Candido . After Italy became a republic, he supported the Christian Democracy party. He criticized and satirized the Italian Communist Party in his magazine, famously drawing a Communist as a man with an extra nostril , and coining a slogan that became very popular: "Inside the voting booth God can see you, Stalin can't." When

2508-626: The young rascals. In this later collection, Peppone is the owner of several profitable dealerships, riding the "Boom" years of the 1960s in Italy. He is no longer quite the committed Communist he once was, but he still does not get on with Don Camillo – at least not in public. Don Camillo has his own problems: the Second Vatican Council has brought changes in the Church, and a new assistant priest, who comes to be called Don Chichì, has been foisted upon him to see that Don Camillo moves with

2565-500: The young rascals. In this later collection, Peppone is the owner of several profitable dealerships, riding the "Boom" years of the 1960s in Italy. He is no longer quite the committed Communist he once was, but he still does not get on with Don Camillo – at least not in public. Don Camillo has his own problems: the Second Vatican Council has brought changes in the Church, and a new assistant priest, who comes to be called Don Chichì, has been foisted upon him to see that Don Camillo moves with

2622-429: Was also inspired by Don Alessandro Parenti, a priest of Trepalle , near the Swiss border. Peppone is the communist town mayor. The tensions between the two characters and their respective factions form the basis of the works' satirical plots. In the post-war years (after 1945), Don Camillo Tarocci (his full name, which he rarely uses) is the hotheaded priest of a small town in the Po valley in northern Italy . He

2679-409: Was an acquaintance of Guareschi's. The following Italian language books have been published: The following Italian language books have been published posthumously: The following US English translations have been published: The following UK English translations have been published: The following five were compiled into a larger book published in 1980: The World of Don Camillo , to coincide with

2736-409: Was an acquaintance of Guareschi's. The following Italian language books have been published: The following Italian language books have been published posthumously: The following US English translations have been published: The following UK English translations have been published: The following five were compiled into a larger book published in 1980: The World of Don Camillo , to coincide with

2793-597: Was broadcast in 2001 starring Alun Armstrong as Don Camillo, John Moffatt as the Bishop, Shaun Prendergast as Peppone and Joss Ackland as God, and rebroadcast in July 2010 on BBC Radio 7 . Four further BBC Radio series of The Little World of Don Camillo were made, with the final series broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2006. Ian Hogg replaced Armstrong as Don Camillo, while Prendergast, Ackland and Moffatt all continued to reprise their roles as Peppone, God and

2850-490: Was broadcast in 2001 starring Alun Armstrong as Don Camillo, John Moffatt as the Bishop, Shaun Prendergast as Peppone and Joss Ackland as God, and rebroadcast in July 2010 on BBC Radio 7 . Four further BBC Radio series of The Little World of Don Camillo were made, with the final series broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2006. Ian Hogg replaced Armstrong as Don Camillo, while Prendergast, Ackland and Moffatt all continued to reprise their roles as Peppone, God and

2907-489: Was broadcast on Mondays at 10:00 pm by Cadena 2 ( Señal Institucional now) and rebroadcast by Señal Colombia in 2011 and Canal Uno in 2014. The Little World of Don Camillo was adapted by the Thai writer and politician Kukrit Pramoj into his own 1954 novel, Phai Daeng (Red Bamboo). Don Camillo Don Camillo ( pronounced [ˈdɔŋ kaˈmillo] ) and Peppone ( pronounced [pepˈpoːne] ) are

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2964-764: Was drafted into the army, which apparently helped him to avoid trouble with the Italian Fascist authorities. He ended up as an artillery officer. When Italy signed the armistice of Cassibile with the Allies in 1943, he was arrested as an Italian military internee and imprisoned with other Italian soldiers in camps in German-occupied Poland for almost two years, including at Stalag X-B near Sandbostel . He later wrote about this period in Diario Clandestino ( My Secret Diary ). After

3021-521: Was labeled with the institutional logo. The cartoon was judged "in contempt of the President" by a court at the time. Guareschi, as the director of the magazine, was held responsible and sentenced. In 1954, Guareschi was charged with libel after he published two facsimile wartime letters from resistance leader and former Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi requesting that the Allies of World War II bomb

3078-483: Was produced from 1987 to 1988 by the now defunct Coestrellas company and produced and directed by Daniel Samper Pizano and Bernando Romero Pereiro. The series starred Carlos Benjumea as Don Camillo (Don Camilo in Colombian Spanish), Hector Rivas as Peppone (Pepón in Colombian Spanish), Luis Fernando Múnera as The Christ Voice, and the actors Diego León Hoyos and Manuel Pachón as Peppone flunkies. The series

3135-415: Was produced from 1987 to 1988 by the now defunct Coestrellas company and produced and directed by Daniel Samper Pizano and Bernando Romero Pereiro. The series starred Carlos Benjumea as Don Camillo (Don Camilo in Colombian Spanish), Hector Rivas as Peppone (Pepón in Colombian Spanish), Luis Fernando Múnera as The Christ Voice, and the actors Diego León Hoyos and Manuel Pachón as Peppone flunkies. The series

3192-521: Was then realized in 1972 by Mario Camerini with Gastone Moschin playing the role of Don Camillo and Lionel Stander as Peppone. A Don Camillo ( The World of Don Camillo ; Italian: Don Camillo ) film was remade in 1983, an Italian production with Terence Hill directing and also starring as Don Camillo. Colin Blakely performed Peppone in one of his last film roles. A BBC Radio English-language radio dramatization of The Little World of Don Camillo

3249-466: Was then realized in 1972 by Mario Camerini with Gastone Moschin playing the role of Don Camillo and Lionel Stander as Peppone. A Don Camillo ( The World of Don Camillo ; Italian: Don Camillo ) film was remade in 1983, an Italian production with Terence Hill directing and also starring as Don Camillo. Colin Blakely performed Peppone in one of his last film roles. A BBC Radio English-language radio dramatization of The Little World of Don Camillo

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