The Adventures of Buratino (Russian: Приключения Буратино) is a 1975 Soviet children's musical film directed by Leonid Nechayev, an adaptation of The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino.
Tropes featured in this film:
- Adaptational Nice Guy:
- Buratino is a lot nicer than in the book, covering for Malvina when she escapes the theatre, rushing to save Pierrot from Harlequin in a You Just Ruined the Shot moment, and reconciling with the Talking Cricket, admitting that the latter is wise.
- Malvina's bossiness is toned down, and her insensitive remarks towards obviously lovelorn Pierrot are omitted.
- Adaptational Relationship Overhaul: Since Artemon is completely human-looking, his dynamic with Malvina is less that of a pet and owner and more that of a protective older brother and little sister.
- Adapted Out: Most of the forest animals who come to the puppets' help are removed.
- Ascended Extra: In the book, Giuseppe doesn't appear after giving the wooden log to Carlo. Here, he is practically Buratino's second father figure, takes part in rescuing Buratino and the marionettes, and accompanies the main characters through the door in the finale.
- Breaking the Fourth Wall:
- Papa Carlo sings about his future son: "to help me in my old age (looking directly at the camera) and to bring joy to you".
- The final chorus is performed at a theatre, where the child actors who star in the movie are sitting as themselves in the audience.
- Evil Redhead:
- Cruel and greedy Carabas-Barabas has red hair and a red beard.
- Alisa the fox, a skilled conwoman who Would Hurt a Child, is played by an actress in a red wig.
- Grand Romantic Gesture: In "Pierrot's Serenade", Pierrot says he would love to bring Malvina the moon or the rising sun but is much too sleepy in the night and the morning to grab either from the sky.
- Informed Species: Artemon the poodle, Tortila the turtle, Alisa the fox and Basilio the cat, as well as a number of episodic animal characters, look completely human.
- Innocent Soprano: Malvina is kind-hearted and friendly (if with some Innocently Insensitive bossiness), and Pierrot is gentle-hearted and innocent. They have the highest singing voices among the cast: even other characters played by child actors are more roguish and have lower voices.
- Irrelevant Act Opener: If you don't count the song accompanying the credits, the first musical number in the actual movie is "The Lamplighters' Song", which has absolutely nothing to do with the plot.
- Support Your Parents: As part of the titular character's Adaptational Nice Guy, his dream to get his father out of poverty is even more pronounced than in the book. When he's deceived into thinking that he can plant his gold coins to grow a coin tree, his first and foremost thought is that he'll be able to buy his father an entire theatre.
- Suspiciously Specific Denial: The marionettes' first song provides one of the most famous Russian quotes for this trope:Long live our brave Carabas!
We live cosily under his beard,
And he’s not a tormentor at all... - "The Villain Sucks" Song: "The Frightening Carabas" is the marionettes' second song; as they sing it backstage, they can be a bit more truthful about the dreaded theatre owner.
- You Just Ruined the Shot: At Carabas-Barabas's theatre, Buratino rushes to save Pierrot from getting beaten by the Harlequin, not realizing it's just a performance.
