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The Adventures of Pinocchio

1972 · 1 season

A gentle, storybook fable with rustic charm, moral lessons and a streak of sadness beneath the whimsy.

Created by
Luigi Comencini
Genres
Comedy, Family, Kids
Starring
Andrea Balestri, Nino Manfredi, Domenico Santoro
Overview
Mastro Geppetto is a poor carpenter with no wife and no children. The man is very lonely, and when trading a piece of wood with his colleague Mastero Cherry, he decides to build himself a puppet to make him company.

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Created by
Luigi Comencini
Genres
Comedy, Family, Kids
Starring
Andrea Balestri, Nino Manfredi, Domenico Santoro
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • identity
  • morality
  • redemption
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
  • fantasy world
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • serialised
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour5
Realism3
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
comedy, family, kids, sci-fi & fantasy
Created by
Luigi Comencini
Written by
Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Luigi Comencini, Carlo Collodi
Starring
Andrea Balestri, Nino Manfredi, Domenico Santoro, Mario Adorf, Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia, Zoe Incrocci, Lionel Stander
Length
1 seasons, 5 episodes, 63 min each
Network
Rai 1
Country
Germany, France, Italy
Languages
Italian

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