Pinocchio (miniseries)

Pinocchio is a two-episode Italian-British miniseries directed by Alberto Sironi, based on the 1883 novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi and filmed in English. It first aired on the Italian channel Rai 1 on November 1 and 2, 2008.

Pinocchio
Based on	The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
Written by	Ivan Cotroneo Carlo Mazzotta
Directed by	Alberto Sironi
Starring	Robbie Kay Bob Hoskins Luciana Littizzetto Alessandro Gassman Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Theme music composer	Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
Country of origin	Italy United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of episodes	2
Production
Producer	Luca Bernabei
Cinematography	Antonello Geleng
Editors	David Yardley, Stefano Chierchié
Running time	200 minutes
Production companies	Rai Fiction, Lux Vide, Power
Budget	€8 million
Original release
Network	Rai 1
Release	1 November (2008-11-01) – 2 November 2008 (2008-11-02)

The cast includes Robbie Kay as Pinocchio, Bob Hoskins as Geppetto, Luciana Littizzetto as a female Talking Cricket and Alessandro Gassman as Carlo Collodi. It was shot in Lazio and Tuscany, Italy.

Cast

• Bob Hoskins as Geppetto^[1]
• Robbie Kay as Pinocchio
• Luciana Littizzetto (dubbed by Teresa Gallagher) as the Talking Cricket
• Margherita Buy as the teacher
• Violante Placido as The Fairy
• Joss Ackland as Mastro Ciliegia
• Thomas Sangster as Lampwick
• Toni Bertorelli (dubbed by Jimmy Hibbert) as The Fox
• Francesco Pannofino (dubbed by Rupert Degas) as The Cat
• Maurizio Donadoni (dubbed by Tim Bentinck) as Fire-Eater
• Bianca D'Amato (dubbed by Alison Dowling) as Elisa
• Alessandro Gassman (dubbed by Seán Barrett) as Carlo Collodi
• Steven Kynman as Harlequin