Pinocchio (1951)

  • Version 1951
  • Version 1973
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Wilfried Schaelicke

(February 22, 1937 - April 22, 2018)

Friedel Schuster

(May 12, 1903 - January 20, 1983)

Alfred Balthoff

(December 8, 1905 - March 8, 1989)

Cast :

German name

Original name

Voices
Pinocchio
Pinocchio
?
Jiminy Grille
Jiminy Cricket
?
Geppetto
Geppetto
?
Blaue Fee
Blue Fairy
?
Ehrenwerter John
Honest John
?
Stromboli
Stromboli
?
Kutscher
Coachman
?
Lampwick
Lampwick
?
?
Alexander
?

Cast

Friedel Schuster (1903-1983)
Walter Werner (1883-1956)
Georg Thomalla (1915-1999)
Alfred Balthoff (1905-1989)
Wilfried Schaelicke (1937-2018)
Horst Buchholz (1933-2003)
Rudolf Wagner-Brausewetter

Choir

...

Songs

  • « ? » (« When You Wish Upon a Star (Opening credits) »)
performed by : ? (Jiminy Cricket) & Choir
  • « ? » (« Little Wooden Head »)
performed by : ? (Geppetto)
  • « ? » (« Give A Little Whistle »)
performed by : ? (Jiminy Cricket) ; ? (Pinocchio)
  • « ? » (« Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (An Actor's Life for Me) »)
performed by : ? (Honest John) ; ? (Pinocchio)
  • « ? » (« I've Got No Strings »)
performed by : ? (Pinocchio) ; ? (Dutch Marionette) ; ? (French Marionette) ; ? (Russian Marionette)
  • « ? » (« When You Wish Upon a Star (Finale) »)
performed by : ? (Jiminy Cricket) & Choir

Technical Staff

Peter Elsholtz
?
Friedrich Luft
?
?
Dubbing director
Musical director
Adaptation
Lyricist
Dubbing studio
Source : Magazine "Der neue Film" 20-Feb-1950
​If someone has more information about this dub (official sources), please contact me

Oliver Rohrbeck

(March 21, 1965 -  )

Georg Thomalla

(February 14, 1915 - August 25, 1999)

Almut Eggert

(June 7, 1937 - February 7, 2023)

Cast :

German name

Original name

Voices
Pinocchio
Pinocchio
Oliver Rohrbeck (speaking & ?)
Jiminy Grille
Jiminy Cricket
Georg Thomalla (speaking & ?)
Geppetto
Geppetto
?
Blaue Fee
Blue Fairy
Almut Eggert
Ehrenwerter John
Honest John
Harald Juhnke (speaking & ?)
Stromboli
Stromboli
Fritz Tillmann
Kutscher
Coachman
?
Lampwick
Lampwick
Abelardo Decamilli
?
Alexander
?

Additional voices

...

Choir

...

Songs

  • « Wenn ein Stern in finsterer Nacht » (« When You Wish Upon a Star (Opening credits) »)
performed by : ? (Jiminy Cricket) & Choir
  • « Kleiner Mann aus Holz » (« Little Wooden Head »)
performed by : ? (Geppetto)
  • « Du brauchst nur zu Pfeifen » (« Give A Little Whistle »)
performed by : ? (Jiminy Cricket) ; ? (Pinocchio)
  • « Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee » (« Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (An Actor's Life for Me) »)
performed by : ? (Honest John) ; ? (Pinocchio)
  • « Mich halten keine Fäden fest » (« I've Got No Strings »)
performed by : ? (Pinocchio) ; ? (Dutch Marionette) ; ? (French Marionette) ; ? (Russian Marionette)
  • « Wenn ein Stern in finsterer Nacht (Finale) » (« When You Wish Upon a Star (Finale) »)
performed by : ? (Jiminy Cricket) & Choir

Technical Staff

Heinrich Riethmüller
?
?
?
?
Dubbing director
Musical director
Translator
Lyricist
Dubbing studio
Sources : 1995 VHS Press Kit (Song's titles + Jiminy's & John's voices) / Metropolis Kino Hamburg (Pinocchio's voice + Dubbing director) / Filmgenres: Animationsfilm (Blue Fairy's & Stromboli's voices)
/ Abelardo Decamilli
If someone has more information about this dub (official sources), please contact me
  • Release dates :
    West Germany - March 23, 1951 (1st German dub) (Cinema)
    West Germany - Summer 1973 (2nd German dub) (Cinema)
    Austria - June 1, 1973 (2nd German dub) (Cinema)
    Germany - September 1, 1994 (2nd German dub) (Cinema)
  • About the 1951 dub :
    • According to Das Disney Synchron Archiv, the title song "When You Wish Upon a Star" was left in English in the original version.
      However, extracts of the first dub could only be found on a 60s vinyl/LP : modifications could have been made for this LP release.
  • About the 1973 dub :
    • The 2012 book Filmgenres: Animationfilm miscredits Stefan Sczodrok as Lampwick, while voice-actor Abelardo Decamilli confirms on his website he voiced the character in this dub.
    • Oliver Rohrbeck, who voices Pinocchio, was only 7 years-old at the time, and could not read well; Georg Thomalla, the voice of Jiminy, and Harald Juhnke, the voice of Honest John, would read the lines for him so that he could repeat them in the mic.
      Sources : Planet Interview & Die Media-Paten
  • Georg Thomalla took part in the two German dubs, allegedly for Jiminy Cricket both times.
  • Oliver Rohrbeck will return as Jiminy Cricket in Disney's live-action remake in 2022.
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1951 Cinema Program
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1967 Poster
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1951 Poster
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1978 Poster
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1952 Austrian Poster
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1994 Poster #1
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1994 Poster #2
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1995 VHS
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2000 VHS
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