Someone posted a clip from a foreign language version of Pinocchio to YouTube. While searching for more clips from the movie I came across this:
It's a clip from a Russian movie based on a Tolstoy children's novel title The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino. This was written in 1936 and based on the 1883 Adventures of Pinocchio.
Here's another clip:
In case you're wondering why the camera only focuses on a few children in the audience right at the end, those are the children actors out of costume. (Is it just me, or does the one boy's singing remind anyone else of the maid from the Rocky Horror Picture Show?)
The original Pinocchio is probably best described as a morality play. This seems more like a farce.
I don't mean poorly done. Farce refers to a subset of the comedy genre that focuses on light-hearted silliness and ridiculous situations.
The movie is available as a DVD, but currently does not seem available with subtitles. Russian language only. It's fun to watch even without understanding what they're saying.
There is an animated version of the movie that was made in 1960. That version is available with English subtitles.
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