The Adventures of Pinocchio (unfinished film) animated feature film, "Pinocchio". 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
The New Adventures of Pinocchio (TV series) "Mad Monster Party?"). A total of 130 five-minute "chapters" were produced in 1960–61. These segments made up a series of five-chapter, 25-minute episodes. During 1963–64, the series was also aired in Japan on Fuji TV as part of another stop motion TV series, "Prince Ciscorn" (シスコン王子, lit. "Ciscorn Ōji"), based on the manga by Fujiko Fujio and also produced by Tadahito Mochinaga for Studio KAI and Dentsu. An old wood carver Geppetto narrates the series, explaining on how he made a magically living puppet named Pinocchio, who can walk, jump, run and do other things without strings. In addition, he