The Adventures of Buratino (1959 film)

The Adventures of Buratino (Russian: Приключе́ния Бурати́но; tr.:Priklyucheniya Buratino) is a 1959 Soviet traditionally animated feature film directed by the "patriarch of Russian animation", Ivan Ivanov-Vano, along with Dmitriy Babichenko and Mikhail Botov. It was produced at the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow and is based on Tolstoy's The Golden Key, or Adventures of Buratino.

Contents

• DVD releases
• Plot
• Awards
• Familiar expressions
• References

DVD releases

Films by Jove, May 18, 1999 (R1?, NTSC) - version restored by Films by Jove in the 1990s. Titled Stories from My Childhood, Vol. 2. Contains English, French and Spanish soundtracks, no subtitles. Included films: Ivan and His Magic Pony (aka. The Humpbacked Horse), Pinocchio and the Golden Key (aka. The Adventures of Buratino).

Krupnyy Plan, 2002 (R5, PAL) - version restored by Krupnyy Plan ("full restoration of image and sound"). Contains original Russian soundtrack, no subtitles. Included film: The Adventures of Buratino. Other features: Before and after restoration, photo album, director filmographies.

Films by Jove, 2006 (R0?, NTSC) - version restored by Films by Jove in the 1990s. Contains Russian soundtrack with English subtitles. Included films: The Adventures of Buratino, The Boy from Neapolis (Мальчик из Неаполя), Chipollino (Чиполино).

Plot

History of adventures of the wooden doll of Buratino which is cut out from a log by the organ-grinder Carlo.

Awards

Minsk, 1960 - First prize in the animated film category

Familiar expressions

Not cROAKastor oil, and castor oil!

It is better to die of an illness, than of castor oil.

Well, boys, time you are living, go to wash hands!

The past will bathe present.