The Country of the Campanelli

The Country of the Campanelli
The Country of the Campanelli
Directed by	Jean Boyer
Written by	Jean Boyer ; Sandro Continenza ; Gian Giacomo Cossa; Italo De Tuddo; Virgilio Ranzato
Story by	Carlo Lombardo
Produced by	Giuseppe Barbaro ; Luigi De Laurentiis
Starring	Sophia Loren; Carlo Dapporto
Cinematography	Luciano Trasatti
Edited by	Gisa Radicchi Levi
Music by	Felice Montagnini
Production; companies	Alba Film ; Valentia Film
Distributed by	CEI Incom ; L'Union des Producteurs de Films
Release date	28 January 1954;
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	France ; Italy
Language	Italian

The Country of the Campanelli (Italian: Il paese dei campanelli, French: Ces voyous d'hommes, also known as Town of Bells) is a 1954 Italian-French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Sophia Loren. It is loosely based on the operetta "Il paese dei campanelli" by Carlo Lombardo.^[1]^[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone.

Plot

A fraudulent travelling magician convinces the inhabitants of a town that they can make the bells ring whenever someone is unfaithful to another.

^ Paolo Mereghetti (2010). Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 978-8860736260.
^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.

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