The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972 film) The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972 film) The Adventures of Pinocchio () is a 1972 Italian miniseries directed by Luigi Comencini. Based on the Carlo Collodi's novel with the same name, the miniseries got a large critical success, and had an average of twenty-one and a half million viewers during its first airing on Rai 1. A 135-minute edit of the miniseries was released to theatrical film markets in Europe the same year. 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
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996 film) Pinocchio and Geppetto are put on trial at court. Unless Geppetto pays a fine, he will be imprisoned. Lorenzini enters, offering to pay off the debt if Pinocchio is given over to him. Geppetto reluctantly agrees after being reminded of his poor state. Pinocchio becomes the star of Lorenzini's shows and is given gold coins as payment. However, Pepe helps him discover that he is ultimately unloved by Lorenzini. Pinocchio rescues several of Geppetto's puppets from being deliberately burnt by Lorenzini, unintentionally setting the theater alight on fire. He then leaps into a river and flees to the forest, where