The Dynamite Brothers

I fratelli Dinamite (internationally released as The Dynamite Brothers) is a 1949 Italian animation film directed by Nino and Toni Pagot.

The Dynamite Brothers
Directed byNino Pagot
Toni Pagot
Written byNino Pagot
Toni Pagot
Produced byNino Pagot
Toni Pagot
StarringAldo Silvani
Cinematography
  • Franz Birtzer
  • Toni Pagot
  • Bruno Panozzo
  • Marco Visconti
Music byGiuseppe Piazzi
Animation byToni Pagot
Ferdinando Palermo
Layouts byOsvaldo Cavandoli
Osvaldo Piccardo
Backgrounds byBackground design: Ugo Heinze
Sergio Toffolo
Color processTechnicolor
Release date
1949
LanguageItalian

It is considered the first Italian feature-length animated film and the first Italian film in Technicolor[1][2] together with La Rosa di Bagdad by Anton Gino Domeneghini which was also released in 1949.[3] The production of the film begun in 1942, and it was held back by a bombing that destroyed original drawings for the film.[4]

The film premiered at the 10th Venice International Film Festival.[5]

References

  1. Silvio D'Amico. Enciclopedia dello spettacolo, Volume 6. Unedi-Unione editoriale, 1975.
  2. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
  3. Pingitore, Silvia (2022-04-16). "La Rosa di Bagdad vs Cinderella, cartoon mystery & similarities: was Walt Disney inspired by an Italian movie you never heard of?". the-shortlisted.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  4. Maurice Horn (1999). The world encyclopedia of cartoons , Volume 2. Chelsea House, 1999. ISBN 0791051854.
  5. Raffaele De Berti. Il cinema a Milano: dal secondo dopoguerra ai prini anni sessanta. Vita e pensiero, 1991.

Further reading

  • Roberto Della Torre, Marco Pagot, I fratelli Dinamite. Una storia molto animata, Il Castoro, 2004. ISBN 888033302X.
  • Alice Basso, I fratelli dinamite. La storia, i giochi e i personaggi, Il Castoro, 2004. ISBN 888033297X.


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