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

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

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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