''The Adventures of

Buratino Buratino (Russian: Буратино) is the main character of Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy's 1936 book ''The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino'', which is based on the 1883 Italian novel ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' by Carlo Collo ...

'' (russian: Приключе́ния Бурати́но; tr.:''Priklyucheniya Buratino'') is a 1959

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traditionally animated

feature film A feature film or feature-length film is a narrative film (motion picture or "movie") with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole presentation in a commercial entertainment program. The term ''feature film'' originall ...

directed by the "patriarch of Russian animation",

Ivan Ivanov-Vano Ivan Petrovich Ivanov-Vano (russian: Иван Петрович Иванов-Вано; – 25 March 1987), born Ivanov, was a Soviet and Russian animation director, animator, screenwriter, educator, professor at Gerasimov Institute of Cinematog ...

, along with Dmitriy Babichenko and Mikhail Botov. It was produced at the

Soyuzmultfilm Soyuzmultfilm ( rus, Союзмультфи́льм, p=səˌjʉsmʊlʲtˈfʲilʲm , ''Union Cartoon'') (also known as SMF Animation Studio in English, Formerly known as Soyuzdetmultfilm) is a Russian animation studio based in Moscow. Launched in ...

studio in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

and is based on

Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (russian: link= no, Алексей Николаевич Толстой; – 23 February 1945) was a Russian writer who wrote in many genres but specialized in science fiction and historical novels. Despite having ...

’s ''The Golden Key, or Adventures of

Plot

The film tells about the adventures of a small wooden puppet whose youngest viewers are familiar with the book where

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 ...

tells the adventures of Pinocchio. In fact, Burattino is a puppet in the first version of the novel.

English dubs

In 1984, an English dub of the film was recorded at Jim Terry Productions (the same people behind the first English dub of the Pinocchio anime). This dub was released on subsequent VHS tapes throughout the 80s and early 90s. A second attempt at an English dub commenced in 1990, and a third in 1995 by Films by Jove for the series ''

Stories from My Childhood Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov ( rus, Михаил Николаевич Барышников, p=mʲɪxɐˈil bɐ'rɨʂnʲɪkəf; lv, Mihails Barišņikovs; born January 28, 1948) is a Soviet Latvian-born Russian-American dancer, choreograp ...

''.

DVD releases

*Films by Jove, May 18, 1999 ( R1?,

NTSC The first American standard for analog television broadcast was developed by National Television System Committee (NTSC)National Television System Committee (1951–1953), Report and Reports of Panel No. 11, 11-A, 12–19, with Some supplement ...

) - version restored by Films by Jove in the 1990s. Titled ''Stories from My Childhood, Vol. 2''. It contains English, French and Spanish soundtracks, no subtitles. Included films: ''Ivan and His Magic Pony'' (aka. '' The Humpbacked Horse''), ''Pinocchio and the Golden Key'' (aka. ''The Adventures of Buratino''). *Krupnyy Plan, 2002 ( R5,

PAL Phase Alternating Line (PAL) is a colour encoding system for analogue television. It was one of three major analogue colour television standards, the others being NTSC and SECAM. In most countries it was broadcast at 625 lines, 50 fields (25 ...

) - version restored by Krupnyy Plan ("full restoration of image and sound"). It contains original Russian soundtrack, no subtitles. Included film: ''The Adventures of Buratino''. Other features: Before and after restoration, photo album, director filmographies. *Films by Jove, 2006 ( R0?,

) - version restored by Films by Jove in the 1990s. It contains Russian soundtrack with English subtitles. Included films: ''The Adventures of Buratino'',
The Boy from Neapolis
' (''Мальчик из Неаполя''),
Chipollino
' (''Чиполино'').

Creators

Awards

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

, 1960 - First prize in the animated film category

External links

''The Adventures of Buratino''
at animator.ru (English and Russian) * * (Official Russian)
''The Adventures of Buratino'' at myltik.ru

DVDs

''The Adventures of Buratino'' at Krupnyy Plan

Review of Krupnyy Plan DVD (with pictures)
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