''Pinocchio'' (german: Turlis Abenteuer) is an
East German
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...
film. It was released on November 3, 1967. Released in the US in February 1969.
Summary
A master carpenter creates a wooden puppet named Pinocchio. Through the course of the story, the puppet begins to act lifelike, develops a mind of his own, and wishes to be a real boy. He even goes to school with real children, but is kidnapped and sold into slavery along with his friend Pippifax, so Pinocchio's creator/father, named Papa Gepetto, sets out looking for him. Pinocchio rescues his friends and himself from the clutches of the evil Stromboli, and rescues his father from the belly of a giant fish. In the end, Pinocchio gets his wish and turns into a real, flesh-and-blood boy.
Cast
* Martin Flörchinger: Papa Gepetto
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Alfred Müller: Stromboli
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Martin Hellberg
Martin Hellberg (also known as Martin Heinrich, 31 January 1905 – 31 October 1999) was a German actor, director and writer.
Life
Martin Hellberg was born in 1905 in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony, Saxony, German Empire, Germany, as a son of a past ...
: Arturo
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Vera Oelschlegel
Vera Franziska Oelschlegel (born 5 July 1938) is a German actress, singer, artistic director, drama director and professor of drama at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts. She was a celebrity in East Germany before 1989. After that, from 1 ...
: Mirzilla the Fox
* Peter Pollatschek: Eusebius the Cat
* Marianne Wünscher: Euphrosina the Good Fairy
* Detlev Wolf: Pippifax
* Herwart Grosse: Mr. Lehrer, Schoolmaster
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Helmut Schreiber: Ringmaster
* Carola Zschockelt: Pudel
* Harald Popig: Malte
* Hans Hardt-Hardtloff: Karsten
* Jürgen Marten: A Father
* Detlef Salzseider: Thomas
* Andreas Nehring: Alfons
* Lutz Kruger: Eduard
* Heinz Müller: Konrad
External links
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* https://web.archive.org/web/20120106210300/http://www.kiddiematinee.com/p-pin67.html
1967 films
1960s fantasy films
German fantasy films
German children's films
East German films
1960s German-language films
Pinocchio films
Puppet films
Films based on fairy tales
1960s German films
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