Enzo D'alo
La Freccia Azzurra (How the Toys Saved Christmas)
Edition 1998
97'
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1996
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Family, Adventure
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Dialogue:
Italian, English
Every year at Christmas time - 12 days after Christmas Eve to be precise - the good witch Befana flies on her broom delivering toys to all the well-behaved children of Italy. But this year, Befana is sick and she has left the job to her malignant servant Doctor Scarafoni. The greedy doctor plans to force rich parents to pay for the toys and give nothing to the children of poor families. Unhappy with these plans, the toys rebel and escape from Scarafoni, climbing onto the Blue Arrow train to offer themselves to the expecting children… Among them, toy dog Spicciola makes a wish that his nose will lead them, through the snowy streets, to the orphan boy Francesco, who dreamt so much about the Blue Arrow train…
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Credits
Director
Enzo D'alo
Composer
Paolo Conte
With
Dario Fo, Mary Tyler Moore, Lella Costa
Producer
Maria Fares
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Dialogue
Italian, English
Countries of production
Italy, Germany, Switzerland
Screenplay based on
"La Freccia Azzurra" (Gianni Rodari)
Year
1996