“Don Camillo is in the life of Fernande, except for Cassok”: when Fernandel is back in one of the cult characters in one of the French cinema

French actress Fernandell performed the character of the Italian parish priest Don Camillo in five films from 1952 to 1965, which has succeeded in cash registers. This sympathetic role, which was so well established, was especially appealing to Jesus (doubled by Jean Debukurt, then Renzo Ricci and Jean Topart).

In an interview in 1965, when he was shooting in Russia Don Camillo and available InsFernandel said greed and Verevi, who characterizes him how this iconic role came in his life:

“I guess I’m playing the role of my life”

“The First Time That Duvivier Me the Subject, I was in Carry-Le-Rouet, Near Marseille, on Vacy. Before Dinner (…), I Started Leafing Through the Script, and I Saw the FIRST SCENE WHERE DON CAMILLO SPOKE to Jesus and I Said to My Wife: ‘Continue as he Start It was right and I finished it at night. “

“The next day I decided to make Duvivier and Chabert ‘Okay’ and I dropped the movie to make Don Camilo first.”

A miracle? Almost because of the small world of Don Camillo, which contradicts the Italian campaign to the Communist mayor for the high priest and which is sometimes common battles, is a triumphal success with 12.79 million assumptions in France and also became international success. The suits immediately began with the same team, with the return of Don Camillo (1953), which also received excellent points in France at 7.42 million assumptions.

“Don Camilo, It’s Fernandel in Life”

“In the role of Don Camillo’s character, I discovered that some man, true, sincere, and who adapted to my personality, because if I had an ordinary priest (…), I wouldn’t get a role.

“And I found this character in my southern nature, my native Marseille, because at the end of Don Camillo’s life, Fernandel, along with his facial shield, is an extra.”