''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' ( it, Le avventure di Pinocchio) is a 1972 Italian five-part

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directed by

Luigi Comencini Luigi Comencini (; 8 June 1916 – 6 April 2007)
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, which originally aired weekly on

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between April 8 and May 6, 1972. Based on

Carlo Collodi Carlo Lorenzini (24 November 1826 – 26 October 1890), better known by the pen name Carlo Collodi (), was an Italian author, humourist, and journalist, widely known for his fairy tale novel ''The Adventures of Pinocchio''. Early life Col ...

'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.

Plot

In rolls, a

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promoting a

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spectacle, out

Geppetto Geppetto ( , ), also known as Mister Geppetto, is an Italian fictional character in the 1883 novel ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' by Carlo Collodi. Geppetto is an elderly, impoverished woodcarver and the creator (and thus 'father') of Pinocchio ...

to see what has rolled up, seeing the Marionettes, Geppetto gets an idea to make a puppet to earn him a crust of

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and a cup of

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. He visits his friend Mastro Ciliegia (who just had a strange encounter with a log of wood) and asks for a log to make a marionette. Ciliegia offers the magic log, but Geppetto refuses, suddenly the wood flies at Geppetto striking him. Geppetto (thinking Mastro Ciliegia has thrown the wood at him) attacks him, they then calm down and Geppetto takes the magic log. When Geppetto gets home he starts to carve and shape the wood into a marionette and decides to name the puppet

Pinocchio Pinocchio ( , ) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (1883) by Italian writer Carlo Collodi of Florence, Tuscany. Pinocchio was carved by a woodcarver named Geppetto in a Tuscan vil ...

thinking it will bring him good luck. But once he makes the head and eyes, the eyes look around the room. Geppetto only thinking he is hunger-crazed eats a dinner of bread cooked over coals. Geppetto makes the puppet's arms and when the arms hit him on the head, he then realizes that puppet is really alive. Once the puppet is finished and clothed, it starts to walk but stumbles and falls. Later that night when Geppetto is sleeping,

the Fairy with Turquoise Hair The Fairy with Turquoise Hair ( it, La Fata dai Capelli Turchini; often simply referred to as The Blue Fairy, ''La Fata Turchina'') is a fictional character in the 1883 Italian book ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' by Carlo Collodi, repeatedly appea ...

(who resembles Geppetto's wife, who has died) visits the carpenter's shop to see Pinocchio. The woman makes a deal with the puppet: if he behaves, honoring his father in the process, he will become a human being, otherwise, he will remain a piece of wood. Pinocchio promises and magically becomes a real child. The next morning Geppetto is shocking to find his puppet a real boy, but then Pinocchio runs off. He steals food from a fisherman but two Carabinieri catch him. Deciding Geppetto is at fault, he takes him to jail. Pinocchio tries to find food but only gets water dumped on him. He goes home and finds the

Talking Cricket The Talking Cricket ( it, Il Grillo Parlante) is a fictional character that appears in the 1883 Italian book ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (''Le avventure di Pinocchio'') by Carlo Collodi. Role The Talking Cricket, who has lived in Geppetto's ...

, who tells him to be good. But Pinocchio just throws a hammer at him, smashing a picture of the Geppetto's deceased wife. Pinocchio puts his feet in the fire and turns back into a puppet. Geppetto comes back and sees Pinocchio has burned off his feet, but Pinocchio weeps so much that the Fairy turns him back into a real boy. Pinocchio now decides to try being good and go to school but he will need a school book, Geppetto decides to sell his coat to buy Pinocchio an A-B-C reader. Pinocchio on the way to the schoolhouse hears a trumpet and decides to follow the music. He finds fox and a cat) promoting a wonderful marionette spectacle and Pinocchio sells his book to a ragpicker to get in. But he is brought on stage by the

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of the company and turns back into a wooden puppet, but the stage master takes Pinocchio. Geppetto & Mastro Ciliegia go to the schoolhouse to greet Pinocchio, but who is not there. He finds the Ragpicker's son with Pinocchio's A-B-C reader and finds out where his son went and goes after him. Mangiafuoco's company has now traveled out of the village and has spotted for the night. Mangiafuoco's mutton is cold so he tells the Fox & Cat to go grab Pinocchio. But the Fairy turns Pinocchio back into a boy. Mangiafuoco thinking the Fox and Cat have robbed him chases them away. Pinocchio admits to Mangiafuoco that he was the puppet who disrupted the last spectacle and tells his story. But Mangiafuoco's mutton is still cold and wants to burn his Marionette

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, but Pinocchio says that if anyone should be burned it should be he. The Master is so heartfelt he sneezes (which happens every time he gets emotional) and decides to eat his mutton raw. Finally, Mangiafuoco decides to give Pinocchio six gold coins to help Geppetto out. The next morning, Pinocchio sets out and runs into two the Fox and Cat, now pretending to be Lame and Blind. Pinocchio revealed to the two his gold, but a

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warns Pinocchio not to trust strangers, but the Cat jumps upon it and twists its neck. The farmer seeing this chases after them and the Fox & Cat then loses Pinocchio. The three later meet up at the Gambero Rosso tavern and have a feast with Pinocchio using one of Pinocchio's coins. Pinocchio falls asleep at the table and when he walks up finds that the Fox & Cat have left. Pinocchios heads out into the woods but is attacked by the Fox and Cat dressed as

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, who chases Pinocchio until dawn. Pinocchio then finds a house floating on a lake and runs to it, the house belongs to the Fairy, she tells Pinocchio she is dead and then robbers catch Pinocchio and hang him by his neck from a tree. To save him the Fairy changes Pinocchio into a wooden puppet and when the noose breaks Pinocchio runs into the Fairy's House. The Fairy summons two doctors to see if Pinocchio should say a Puppet or turn back into a boy, the Doctors have conflicting options. The Fairy then asks about Pinocchio's coins, Pinocchio lies to the Fairy and his nose begins to grow. The Fairy's maid

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then rushes in to mock Pinocchio, he then cries and apologizes to his Fairy and is turned back into a boy. Pinocchio then tells the truth about his coins,(that he had hidden them in a well when he was chased by the Robbers) and sets out to get them. But he runs into the Fox & Cat once more, who tell Pinocchio about a magical field where if Pinocchio buries his coins, a wonderful tree full of coins will grow. Pinocchio believes this lie and buries his coin, but when Pinocchio heads out to get water, the Fox and Cat steal the money and run off. When Pinocchio finds out he was robbed he rushes to a local

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but is put in prison for stupidity. When Pinocchio is let out he rushes back to the Fairy's house only to find a grave, he asks a passing man to read what the grave says and finds out it belongs to his dear Fairy. Pinocchio cries at the grave until he becomes hungry. He goes to a nearby farmer and reaches for some grapes but gets his foot stuck in a Foothold trap. The Farmer makes Pinocchio work as his Guard dog, as his last dog (Melampo) had died. Pinocchio is later set free when he catches the thieves who have been stealing the Farmer's chickens, the Farmer also tells Pinocchio that Geppetto has set out for sea. Geppetto has indeed set out for sea to go to the

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in search of his son. Pinocchio follows the river down to the docks, where he sees his father out at sea, Geppetto'a boat flips over and Pinocchio dives in to save him. Pinocchio wakes up on a beach, Pinocchio cries thinking his father is gone for good. Under a wrecked rowboat, Pinocchio finds Lucignolo, a lazy good for nothing kid. Pinocchio learns Lucignolo is a runaway from home and together the two of them get into some trouble but by the next morning, Lucignolo abandons Pinocchio. Pinocchio now hungry searches a nearby town for food, and everyone in the town offers work in exchange for food, Pinocchio being the lazy child he is refuses. But then Pinocchio finds a Breadline and the one serving food is Pinocchio's good Fairy! The Fairy makes Pinocchio slave for her before she takes him home and finally then recognizes him as her dear little puppet. The Fairy gives Pinocchio a deal, he goes to school and stays good and she'll find Geppetto for him. Pinocchio starts school and soon becomes the top

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in the class. Pinocchio becomes so good that the Fairy is going to throw a big party for Pinocchio. But that day at school Lucignolo is reintroduced into the class, but causes a distraction and gets kicked out, Pinocchio soon also causes a distraction to follow his friend. The two escape the school ground and Pinocchio asks where Lucignolo is going in such a hurry, he says he is going to The Land of Toys, a place that has no schools and no teachers, and all they do is play all day. Lucignolo invites Pinocchio but he declines, Pinocchio rushes back to the Fairy's house but it's now dark. Pinocchio knocks at the door but only the Snail is awake and very slowly comes down to open the door. When Pinocchio goes to eat his dinner he finds out it's all

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, Pinocchio is so angry that he runs off to join Lucignolo. He reaches the coach and joins Lucignolo upon the

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pulling the coach. Once the two and the other kids reach the Land of Toys they all enjoy themselves. But in the morning Lucignolo and Pinocchio wake up with donkey ears, the two try to escape but are turned into donkeys with the rest of the kids. Pinocchio is sold to a

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and during one of his performances he sees his Fairy in a box seat, he rushes up to her and when pulled by the Ringmaster he falls down and twists his leg. The Ringmaster sells Pinocchio to a Drum Manufacturer who brings the donkey down to the seashore ties a rock to his leg and kicks the rock in, dragging the donkey down to drown. But when the Drum Manufacturer pulls the rope he finds Pinocchio in his puppet form instead of a donkey. And in a range of anger, the Drum Manufacturer throws Pinocchio back into the sea. Pinocchio swims away and out of the waves comes a giant

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. The whale seeing the puppet swallows Pinocchio up. In the throat of the whale, Pinocchio meets a

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fish who tells Pinocchio to quit screaming and let himself be digested, Pinocchio is washed forward by a wave into the belly and finds Geppetto. Pinocchio learns that Geppetto had been swallowed up by the whale when he flipped over in his raft, a ship was also swallowed and the ship was full of boxes of supplies that Geppetto has been living off happily. That night Geppetto goes to wake up Pinocchio in his puppet form, but then he sees the puppet form before his feet of Pinocchio as a boy. The two rejoice in the belly and Pinocchio asks when they will be leaving, Geppettos wants to stay because he thinks they are living in comfort. That night Geppetto follows Pinocchio to the mouth of the whale, and Pinocchio tells Geppetto that the tuna fish has escaped. The two decide to escape by riding on the back of the tuna. By morning they reach shore and the series ends as the two run off to a distant house to ask for food and shelter.

Cast

Andrea Balestri Andrea Balestri (born 1 September 1963) is an Italian actor and singer. Career He is known as the Pinocchio in 1972 serial tv ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'', directed by Luigi Comencini, next to actors like Nino Manfredi, Franco and Ciccio, Gi ...

Nino Manfredi Saturnino "Nino" Manfredi (22 March 1921 – 4 June 2004) was an Italian actor, voice actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, comedian, singer, author, radio personality and television presenter. He was one of the most prominent Italian a ...

Gina Lollobrigida Luigia "Gina" Lollobrigida (born 4 July 1927) is an Italian actress, photojournalist, and politician. She was one of the highest-profile European actresses of the 1950s and early 1960s, a period in which she was an international sex symbol. As o ...

The Fairy with Turquoise Hair The Fairy with Turquoise Hair ( it, La Fata dai Capelli Turchini; often simply referred to as The Blue Fairy, ''La Fata Turchina'') is a fictional character in the 1883 Italian book ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' by Carlo Collodi, repeatedly appea ...

Franco Franchi Franco Franchi (born Francesco Benenato; 18 September 1928 – 9 December 1992) was an Italian actor, comedian and singer. He was born in Palermo, Sicily and began his career in the 1950s, although his career only really took off in the 1960s. ...

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* Ciccio Ingrassia:

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(dubbed by

Antonio Guidi Antonio Guidi (28 October 1927 – 17 October 2013) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Ferrara, Guidi began a career of acting in the 1950s. He originally wanted to become an architect but he did not pursue that vocation. He ...

Mangiafuoco Mangiafuoco ( ; , literally "Fire-Eater") is a fictional character who appears in Carlo Collodi's 1883 Italian book ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (''Le avventure di Pinocchio''), serving as a secondary antagonist turning good. Role He is the the ...

* Domenico Santoro (dubbed by an unknown boy from Livorno): Lucignolo *

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: The

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): Mastro Ciliegia *

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* Bruno Bassi : Theodore *

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: The Ringmaster *

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: First

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): Second doctor *

Carlo Bagno Carlo Bagno (21 March 1920 – 19 January 1990) was an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Lendinara, Rovigo, Bagno studied acting at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico, graduating in 1941. Bagno was mainly active on ...

(dubbed by

): Melampo's owner *

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: The Innkeeper *

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: The

Maid *

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(voice) * Mario Ercolani:

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* Carmine Torre: River

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* Piero Gentili: First

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* Mimmo Olivieri: Second Carabinieri * Paola Natale:

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: Female

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* Orlando D'Ubaldo: Ragpicker * Fredo Pistoni: Fishermen * Antonio Danesi: Mangiafuoco's Coachman * Christmas Siddi: Female

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(voice) *

: Waiter *

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: Farmer * Giuseppe Caffarelli: Carabiniere * Caliano Sbarra: Pinocchio's Cellmate *

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: Fishermen *

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: Emporium Mistress * Luciano De Ritis: Truant Officer * Syria Betti: Lucignolo's Mother * Nazzareno Caldarelli: Dounut Maker *

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: Mason * Luigi Leoni: The

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* Pietro Fuselli: The School's Director * Mario Colombaioni: Donkey Buyer * Walter Richter: Drum Manufacturer

References

External links

* * (in Italian) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Adventures Of Pinocchio, The (1972 film) 1972 television films 1972 films 1970s Italian-language films Italian television films Pinocchio films Films directed by Luigi Comencini Television shows based on The Adventures of Pinocchio Films scored by Fiorenzo Carpi