The Adventures of Buratino

1959 1h 8m RU

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6.7

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★6.7TMDB · 45

FamilyAdventureAnimationFantasy

Synopsis

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A wooden boy Buratino tries to find his place in life. He befriends toys from a toy theater owned by evil Karabas-Barabas, gets tricked by Alice the Fox and Basilio the Cat and finally discovers the mystery of a golden key given to him by kind Tortila the Tortoise.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Nina Gulyayeva
Buratino (voice)
Yevgeni Vesnik
Father Carlo (voice)
Georgiy Vitsin
Giuseppe (voice)
Tamara Dmitrieva
Malvina (voice)
Margarita Korabelnikova
Piero (voice)
Aleksandr Baranov
Carabas (voice)
Elena Ponsova
Alice the Fox (voice)
Vladimir Lepko
Basilio the Cat (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Dmitriy Babichenko
Writers: Lyudmila Tolstaya, Nikolay Erdman
Languages: Arabic, Russian
Countries: Soviet Union

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RUNTIME

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Tight 68-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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67 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Arabic, Russian.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Dmitriy Babichenko, shot by Mikhail Druyan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Anatoliy Lepin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Nina Mayorova shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Nina Gulyayeva and Yevgeni Vesnik and Georgiy Vitsin carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0152066 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Dmitriy Babichenko directs. Mikhail Druyan behind the camera. Anatoliy Lepin scores. Nina Mayorova cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Soviet Union. Dialogue in Arabic, Russian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 68-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
267 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Arabic, Russian.
4Directed by Dmitriy Babichenko, shot by Mikhail Druyan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Anatoliy Lepin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Nina Mayorova shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Nina Gulyayeva and Yevgeni Vesnik and Georgiy Vitsin carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0152066 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 45 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.