Pinocchio - CD

This classic fairy tale is brought to life by renowned performers. One day, Geppetto carves a little puppet from a log, and a miracle occurs: the puppet comes alive, moves and speaks. Geppetto names him Pinocchio, makes him clothes from paper and sends him to school so that he can learn about the world. He even sells his jacket to buy Pinocchio a reading primer. But the naughty puppet skips school and trades the book for a ticket to a puppet theatre. The theatre manager takes pity on him and gives Pinocchio five gold coins for Geppetto. Two wandering con artists, a fox and a cat, try to steal his treasure, but with the help of kind animals and a good fairy, Pinocchio is eventually reunited with Geppetto. Carlo Collodi’s famous children’s book, written 140 years ago, has inspired numerous film and stage adaptations around the world. This recording is based on a 1969 dramatization and features Jiřina Bohdalová, who portrays the child character with humour and convincing realism, alongside Karel Höger, Vlastimil Brodský, Zdeněk Řehoř, Jaroslav Kepka, František Filipovský and others. The music is by Ilja Hurník, with singing by the Children’s Choir of Czech Radio. The contents are in Czech.