The Adventures of Pinocchio (unfinished film) The Adventures of Pinocchio (unfinished film) The Adventures of 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
The Adventures of Pinocchio and non-fiction books published. Once, he translated some French fairy-tales so well that he was asked whether he would like to write some of his own. In 1881, he sent a short episode in the life of a wooden puppet to a friend who edited a newspaper in Rome, wondering whether the editor would be interested in publishing this "bit of foolishness" in his children's section. The editor did, and the children loved it. "The Adventures of Pinocchio" were serialized in the paper in 1881–2, and then published in 1883 with huge success. In the original, serialized version, Pinocchio dies