The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972 miniseries)
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 received 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.
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972 miniseries)
Nino Manfredi as Geppetto
Gina Lollobrigida as The Fairy with Turquoise Hair
Image: Ciccio la Volpe
Luigi Comencini was an Italian film director. Together with Dino Risi, Ettore Scola and Mario Monicelli, he was considered among the masters of the "commedia all'italiana" genre.
Comencini in 1971