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The Adventures of 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 got 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.
Original Release
04/08/1972
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Andrea Balestri | Pinocchio |
| Nino Manfredi | Geppetto |
| Gina Lollobrigida | Fata / Fata dai capelli turchini |
| Domenico Santoro | Lucignolo |
| Franco Franchi | Gatto |
| Ciccio Ingrassia | Volpe |
| Zoe Incrocci | Lumaca |
| Lionel Stander | Mangiafoco |
| Riccardo Billi | Omino di burro |
| Ugo D'Alessio | Mastro Ciliegia |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode #1.1 | Saturday, 08 April 1972 |
| 2 | Episode #1.2 | Thursday, 21 December 1972 |
| 3 | Episode #1.3 | Sunday, 24 December 1972 |
| 4 | Episode #1.4 | Tuesday, 26 December 1972 |
| 5 | Episode #1.5 | Thursday, 28 December 1972 |
| 6 | Episode #1.6 | Sunday, 31 December 1972 |
Directors
Writers
Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Luigi Comencini, Carlo Collodi
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Andrea Balestri | Pinocchio |
| Nino Manfredi | Geppetto |
| Gina Lollobrigida | Fata / Fata dai capelli turchini |
| Domenico Santoro | Lucignolo |
| Franco Franchi | Gatto |
| Ciccio Ingrassia | Volpe |
| Zoe Incrocci | Lumaca |
| Lionel Stander | Mangiafoco |
| Riccardo Billi | Omino di burro |
| Ugo D'Alessio | Mastro Ciliegia |
| Bruno Bassi | Teodoro |
| Pietro Gentili | 1° Carabiniere |
| Vera Drudi | Donna Mangiafoco |
| Mario Ercolani | Contadino |
| Mimmo Olivieri | 2° Carabiniere |
| Antonio Danesi | Cocchiere di Mangiafoco |
| Giovanna Lucci | Lavandaia / Contadina |
| Goffredo Pistoni | 2° Pescatore |
| Nazzareno Caldarelli | Venditore frittelle |
| Vittorio De Sica | Giudice |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Attilio Monge | Executive Producer |
| Pier Benedetto Bertoli | Executive Producer |
| Franco Casati | Producer |
| Emilio Cordero | Producer |
| Alberto Casati | Producer |
| Salvatore Maira | Producer |
| Paolo Campus | Producer |
| Umberto Gorgoglione | Producer |
| Massimo Patrizi | Producer |
