[1][2] Both were based on the novel Don Camillo by Italian author Giovannino Guareschi.

In a small village in Lombardy, the parish priest Don Camillo repeatedly collides with the communist mayor Peppone.

Don Camillo coaches the football team of young boys of the village, and the day of the final match is near.

Peppone however, to make a joke in bad taste to the enemy, corrupts the referee.

But the citizens of the village do not agree, and so Peppone is forced to make up for betraying their confidence in the government.