The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972)

Original title

Le avventure di Pinocchio

Directed by

Luigi Comencini

Genre

fantasy film, drama film, adventure film, family film, children's film

Country

Germany, France, Italy

Length

1 season, 5 episodes

Rated

TV-Y

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A puppet named Pinocchio comes to life and goes on a series of adventures while learning about right and wrong. He must prove himself brave and truthful to become a real boy.

classicwhimsicalearnestadventurousfamily-orienteddramaticpacedwarm

What happens

The Adventures of Pinocchio (Italian: Le avventure di Pinocchio) is a 1972 Italian five-part miniseries directed by Luigi Comencini, which originally aired weekly on Rai 1 between April 8 and May 6, 1972. Based on Carlo Collodi's 1883 novel with the same name, the miniseries received a large critical success, and had an average of twenty-one and a half million viewers during its first airing. All the episodes together make up 280 minutes of runtime. An extended cut of the series, totaling 320 minutes of runtime divided into six episodes, first aired in France on Première chaîne de l'ORTF between December 19 and December 31, 1972. Also, a 135-minute edit of the miniseries was released as a theatrical film in Italy on December 21, 1972, and later released in other countries. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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