Pinocchio

Pinocchio is a color East German film produced by studio DEFA and directed by Walter Beck. It was released on November 3, 1967, with an English version released in the US in February 1969. The film was based on the 1883 Italian novel The Adventures Of Pinocchio, by Carlo Collodi and closely reflects the original book. Except for the talking cricket who did not appear in the film, and this was the first adaptation where Pinocchio went back to the land of toys to free the children from the land of toys and rebell against it to prevent it from turning them into donkeys.