The Adventures of Buratino
Seen it?1959 | 68 min | Family, Adventure, Animation, Fantasy
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With soft box office and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for fantasy fans, adventure fans and families.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 8 min.
- What might put you off
- No age rating on record, so check it first for young kids.
- It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1959: an older pace and style.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 10K people sought it out in the past year, and interest is climbing
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Cast & crew
Directed by Dmitriy Babichenko, Ivan Ivanov-Vano
- Nina GulyayevaBuratino (voice)
- Yevgeni VesnikFather Carlo (voice)
- Georgiy VitsinGiuseppe (voice)
- Tamara DmitrievaMalvina (voice)
- Margarita KorabelnikovaPiero (voice)
- Aleksandr BaranovCarabas (voice)
- Elena PonsovaAlice the Fox (voice)
- Vladimir LepkoBasilio the Cat (voice)