Mr. Rossi Looks for Happiness
Directed byBruno Bozzetto
Written byBruno Bozzetto
Guido Manuli
Maurizio Nichetti
Produced byBruno Bozzetto
StarringCarlo Romano
Gianfranco Mauri
Grazia Pivetti
Carlo Bonomi
Edited byGiancarlo Rossi
Music byFranco Godi
Release date
  • 25 November 1976 (1976-11-25) (Italy)
Running time
81 min
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Mr. Rossi Looks for Happiness (in Italian Il signor Rossi cerca la felicità) is a 1976 traditionally animated Italian feature film directed by Bruno Bozzetto. It is the first feature film of Mr. Rossi.

Plot

Nothing is going right for Mr Rossi. A nutty, bumbling fairy comes to his "rescue", and gives him a magic whistle. By blowing it, Mr. Rossi and his dog Harold can travel through time. However, they are unable to escape trouble as they meet fire-breathing dragons, hungry Roman lions, scalp-happy Indians, and Robin Hood's deadly arrows. Eventually Mr. Rossi finds happiness at his home, in the present.

Distribution

The movie was distributed in Europe and had great success, especially in West Germany in 1976 and in Spain in 1983.

Exit date

International publication date
CountryTitleDate
 Italy Il Signor Rossi cerca la felicità 25 November 1976
 United Kingdom Mr. Rossi Looks For Happiness 1976
 France Monsieur Rossi cherche le bonheur 1976
 Germany Herr Rossi sucht das Glück 4 March 1976
 Spain El señor Rossi busca la felicidad1983
 Argentina ?
 Canada
French		 M. Rossi et le sifflet magique ?
 Denmark Hr. Rossi søger lykke ?
 Netherlands De heer Rossi zoekt geluk ?
 Portugal O Sr. Rossi procura a felicidade ?
 Brazil ?
 Azerbaijan Mister Rossi xoşbəxtlik axtarır ?
 Turkey Bay Rossi Mutluluk Arıyor ?
 Sweden Signor Rossi söker lyckan ?
 Finland Herra Rossi onnea etsimässä ?
 Iran ایجاد آقای رُوسی دنبال شادی می‌گردد ?

Cast

Character Original English (2nd dubbing)
Mr. Rossi Carlo Romano Arthur Grosser
Harold (Gastone in Italian) Gianfranco Mauri Vlasta Vrána
Boss Carlo Bonomi Neil Shee
All the characters Unknown
Fairy Sicury (Fata in Italian) Grazia Pivetti

Additional voices (English, 2nd dubbing): Kathleen Fee

The two English version

The first dubbing was realized in the 1970s, was redubbed in the 1980s.[1]

Home Media

While the film was never released on DVD (except for an all-regions DVD released around somewhere in late 2000s to early 2010s(?),[2] during the 1980s, it was issued on VHS in the US by Family Home Entertainment.

See also

References

  1. ↑ The dog of Mr. Rossi (in the first dubbing) is called with his original name Gastone. In the second dubbing is called Harold
  2. ↑ "Il Signor Rossi cerca la felicità - Dvd". Retrieved 15 July 2022.


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