Pinocchio (1967 film)

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Pinocchio
Directed by
  • Walter Beck
  • Ron Merk (English version)
Written byWalter Beck and Margot Beichler
Produced byRon Merk
CinematographyWolfgang Braumann and Gunter Haubold
Music byGerhard Wohlgemuth
Release date
1967
CountryEast Germany
LanguageGerman

Pinocchio (German: Turlis Abenteuer) is an East German 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
  • Alfred Müller: Stromboli
  • Martin Hellberg: Arturo
  • Vera Oelschlegel: Mirzilla the Fox
  • Peter Pollatschek: Eusebius the Cat
  • Marianne Wünscher: Euphrosina the Good Fairy
  • Detlev Wolf: Pippifax
  • Herwart Grosse: Mr. Lehrer, Schoolmaster
  • 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

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