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An Italian animated adaptation of the children's book The Adventures of Pinocchio, intended as the first animated feature made in Italy. The film was never completed.
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Plot summary
The Adventures of Pinocchio (Italian: Le avventure di Pinocchio) was an Italian animated film directed by Raoul Verdini and Umberto Spano. Created and produced by Cartoni Animati Italiani Roma (CAIR) and distributed by De Vecchi, this cartoon was based on the famous children's book The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. The film was intended to be the first animated feature film from Italy, but was never completed; if the film was finished, it also would have been the first cel animated feature film ever, beating Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and the first animated film adaptation based on the novel of the same name, It is now considered lost: only the original script and a couple of still frames are all that survived of the film. Currently considered a lost film.
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Adventures of Pinocchio (1936)
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- The Adventures of Pinocchio was meant to be Italy's first animated feature, the first cel-animated feature ever — beating Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs — and the first animated adaptation of Collodi's novel, but it was never finished; Italy's first animated feature became The Dynamite Brothers in 1949.
- Technical problems stalled the production, and by the end of 1936 the studio CAIR had exhausted the film's financing and ceased activities, leaving about 150,000 drawings and 2,500 feet of film, enough for 105 minutes, unused.
- Raoul Verdini later attempted to finish the abandoned film by converting it to colour using the Catalucci system, but he was unsuccessful.
