| Pinocchio | |
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| Written by | Walter Beck and Margot Beichler |
| Produced by | Ron Merk |
| Cinematography | Wolfgang Braumann and Gunter Haubold |
| Music by | Gerhard Wohlgemuth |
Release date | 1967 |
| Country | East Germany |
| Language | German |
Pinocchio (German: Turlis Abenteuer) is an East German film. It was released on November 3, 1967. Released in the US in February 1969.
A master carpenter creates a wooden puppet named Pinocchio. Through the course of the story, the puppet begins to act lifelike, develops a mind of his own, and wishes to be a real boy. He even goes to school with real children, but is kidnapped and sold into slavery along with his friend Pippifax, so Pinocchio's creator/father, named Papa Gepetto, sets out looking for him. Pinocchio rescues his friends and himself from the clutches of the evil Stromboli, and rescues his father from the belly of a giant fish. In the end, Pinocchio gets his wish and turns into a real, flesh-and-blood boy.
