Chipollino (film)

Chipollino
Chipollino
Directed by	Tamara Lisitsian [ru]
Written by	Felix Krivin (dialogue); Tamara Lisitsian [ru](dialogue and screenplay); Samuil Marshak (dialogue and screenplay); Gianni Rodari (novel and screenplay);
Produced by	Valery Gandrabura
Starring	Aleksandr Yelistratov; Vladimir Basov; Rina Zelyonaya;
Narrated by	Gianni Rodari
Cinematography	Dmitri Korzhikhin
Edited by	Olga Etenko
Music by	Vladislav Kazenin
Production; company	Mosfilm
Release date	1972;
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Chipollino (Russian: Чиполлино) is a 1972 Soviet musical comedy film directed by Tamara Lisitsian [ru]. The film is also known as Cipollino (International informal title and English / Italian title).

Plot

In a village where the onion boy Chipollino lives, the townsfolk gather in the market square to welcome the visiting Prince Lemon. In the crowded square, Cipollino’s father, Cipollone, accidentally steps on the prince’s foot and is thrown into prison as a supposed rebel and troublemaker.

The steward of the Cherry Countesses, Señor Tomato, following his mistresses’ orders, evicts poor neighbor Uncle Pumpkin from his tiny home. Prince Lemon needs the land for a new military base, designed by foreign military advisor Mr. Carrot.

The Cherry Countesses issue a decree stating that villagers must now pay rent not only for their homes but also for the air they breathe, as well as for rain, snow, hail, and other forms of precipitation.

Cipollino urges the villagers to resist this injustice. With the help of the young Count Cherry and maid-servants Strawberry, the villagers seize an old castle, withstand the siege of Prince Lemon’s army, and soon drive out the oppressors, raising the banner of victory over their free village.

Cast

Gianni Rodari as Storyteller
Aleksandr Yelistratov as Chipollino
Vladimir Basov as Prince Lemon
Rina Zelyonaya as Countess Cherry
Aleksandra Panova as Countess Cherry
Vitaly Kerdimun as Viscount Cherry
Nadir Malishevsky as Lord Tomato before the earthquake
Vladimir Belokurov as Lord Tomato after the earthquake
Georgiy Vitsin as Lawyer Pea
Roman Tkachuk as Mastino
Aleksandr Kuznetsov as Chief of staff
Georgi Georgiu as Patison
Rudolf Rudin as Mr. Carotino
Aleksei Smirnov as Cipollone
Natalya Krachkovskaya as Cipolla
Viktor Bajkov as Mr. Squash
Yevgenia Melnikova as Mrs. Pumpkin
Viktor Kolpakov as Master Raisin
Anatoly Kubatsky as Aubergine
Pavel Vinnik as Pear
Maryana Smirnova as Strawberry
Yekaterina Mojseyenko as Strawberry
Yekaterina Semochkina as Radish
Maria Vinogradova as town-dweller

External links

Chipollino at IMDb

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