Princess Cinderella

Movie
German title	Princess Cinderella
Original title	Cenerentola e il signor Bonaventure
Country of production	Italy
original language	Italian
Publishing year	1941
length	72 (German version: 61) minutes
Age rating	FSK 6
Rod
Director	Sergio Tofano
script	Edoardo Anton Vittorio Metz Sergio Tofano
production	Maleno Malenotti for Arno Film
music	Renzo Rossellini
camera	Manfredo Bertini
cut	Ignazi Ferronetti
occupation
Paolo Stoppa : Mr. Bonaventura Silvana Jachino : Cinderella Roberto Villa : Prince Sergio Tofano: Doctor Rosetta Tofano : Pasqualina Guglielmo Barnabò : King Mercedes Brignone : Queen Mario Pisù : The beautiful Cece Piero Carnabuci : Barbariccia Mario Gallina : Chamberlain Camillo Pilotto : giant Amelia Chellini : witch

Princess Cschenbrödel (original title: Cenerentola e il signor Bonaventura ) is an Italian fairy tale film from 1941, which takes the character of the Cinderella . Directed by Sergio Tofano . The film was only released in German cinemas after the Second World War , in 1952, in a version shortened by 11 minutes.

action

Cinderella has married her prince and lives a happy life at court, loved and carefree. However, the two wicked stepsisters succeed through their intrigues that Cschenbrödel is chased away. The prince wants to follow her, which the king forbids him to do. However, Mr. Bonaventura and the beautiful Cece set out to find her. Your journey is accompanied by dangers: the cruel robber Barbariccia, a witch and a wild giant endanger the mission, but in the end Cinderella can be brought back with the help of a good fairy.

criticism

Giuseppe De Santis complained that director Tofano had lost much of his genius, that the motifs were unconnected and did not show good taste.

In contrast, the lexicon of international film saw a “carefully designed fairy tale film full of restrained humor, very adapted to childish fantasy.” The film observer, on the other hand, saw the continuation of the story “with all due respect for southern capers and romantic irony (...) probably a little too far."

Web links and sources

• Princess Cinderella in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The film at comingsoon
• Roberto Chiti, Enrico Lancia: Dizionario del Cinema Italiano. I film vol. I, dal 1930 al 1944. Gremese, 2005, p. 76

Individual evidence

1. ↑ in Cinema , No. 193, April 10, 1942
2. ↑ Princess Cinderella. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .