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Buratino (2026)

Buratino poster
Original title
Буратино
Directed by
Igor Voloshin
Genre
fantasy film, musical film
Country
Russia
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
ATP
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 67 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A wooden boy named Buratino comes to life and goes on adventures. He must outwit a cast of characters to find a magical golden key.

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What happens

Buratino, also known as Pinocchio (Russian: Буратино) is a 2026 Russian musical fantasy film that is a remake of Leonid Nechayev's 1975 Soviet television film The Adventures of Buratino. The film was directed by Igor Voloshin, an adaptation of the Soviet children's novel The Golden Key, or The Adventures of Buratino by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (English: Alexei Tolstoy) and its literary source, the 1883 Italian novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. The film stars child actress Vitaliya Korniyenko as the title character, and Aleksandr Yatsenko as Papa Carlo, alongside Anastasiya Talyzina, Mark Eydelshteyn, Stepan Belozyorov, Ruzil Minekaev, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Lev Zulkarnaev, Viktoriya Isakova, Alexander Petrov, and Svetlana Nemolyaeva. Principal photography lasted from October to December 2024, with filming taking place at the MosKino Cinema Park in New Moscow. The film will also feature legendary melodies by Alexey Rybnikov, the creator of the original soundtrack for the 1975 television film. Buratino was theatrically released in Russia on January 1, 2026, by National Media Group Film Distribution. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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