Il Re Leone (1994)

The Lion King

Riccardo Rossi

(October 24, 1962 -  )

Vittorio Gassman

(September 1, 1922 - June 29, 2000)

Tullio Solenghi

(March 21, 1948 -  )

Cast (1994) :

Italian name

Original name

Voices
Simba giovane
Young Simba
George Castiglia (speaking & singing)
Simba
Simba
Riccardo Rossi (speaking) & Ernesto Brancucci [credited as Daniele Viri] (singing)
Mufasa
Mufasa
Vittorio Gassman
Scar
Scar
Tullio Solenghi (speaking & singing)
Nala giovane
Young Nala
Perla Liberatori (speaking & singing)
Nala
Nala
Laura Boccanera (speaking) & Lorena Brancucci (singing)
Timon
Timon
Tonino Accolla (speaking) & Roberto Stafoggia (singing)
Pumbaa
Pumbaa
Augusto Giardino (speaking & singing)
Rafiki
Rafiki
Sergio Fiorentini
Zazu
Zazu
Roberto Del Giudice (speaking & singing)
Shenzi
Shenzi
Rita Savagnone (speaking & singing)
Banzai
Banzai
Marco Guadagno (speaking & singing)
Sarabi
Sarabi
Paola Giannetti
Sarafina
Sarafina
Paola Caviglia

Morning Report (2003) (added scene)

Italian name

Original name

Voices
Zazu
Zazu
Roberto Del Giudice (speaking & singing)
Simba giovane
Young Simba
Gabriele Patriarca (singing)
Mufasa
Mufasa
Gianni Musy

Songs

  • « Il cerchio della vita » (« Circle Of Life »)
performed by : Lebo M. & Ivana Spagna
  • « Il rapporto del mattino » (« Morning Report ») [2003]
performed by : Roberto Del Giudice (Zazu) ; Gabriele Patriarca (Young Simba)
  • « Voglio diventare presto un re » (« I Just Can't Wait to Be King »)
performed by : George Castiglia (Young Simba) ; Roberto Del Giudice (Zazu) ; Perla Liberatori (Young Nala) & Choir
  • « Sarò re » (« Be Prepared »)
performed by : Tullio Solenghi (Scar) ; Rita Savagnone (Shenzi) ; Marco Guadagno (Banzai) & Choir
  • « Hakuna Matata »
performed by : Roberto Stafoggia (Timon) ; Augusto Giardino (Pumbaa) ; George Castiglia (Young Simba) ; Ernesto Brancucci (Adult Simba)
  • « L'amore è nell'aria stasera » (« Can You Feel the Love Tonight »)
performed by : Roberto Stafoggia (Timon) ; Augusto Giardino (Pumbaa) ; Lorena Brancucci (?) (Soloist) ; Ernesto Brancucci (Simba) ; Lorena Brancucci (Nala) & Choir
  • « Il cerchio della vita (ripresa) » (« Circle Of Life (Reprise) »)
performed by : Choir

Technical Staff

Renzo Stacchi
Donatella Fantini
"Ermavilo" Ernesto Brancucci
Andrea De Leonardis
"Ermavilo" Ernesto Brancucci
.Michele Centonze
.Lorena Brancucci
Ivano Casoni
Marco Streccioni & Francesco Apolloni
.Franco Patrignani
Royfilm S.r.l.
with the collaboration of  Angriservices Edizioni S.R.L.
C.A.M. S.r.l.
FORUM Studio S.r.l.
Dubbing director
Dubbing assistant
Musical director
Translator
Lyricist
Lyricist ("Circle of Life")
Lyricist ("The Morning Report" 2003)
Sound engineer [dialogues]
Sound engineers [songs]
Sound engineer ("Circle of Life")
Dubbing studio

Musical recording studio
Musical recording studio ("Circle of Life")
Sources : DVD credits / Soundtrack
  • Release date :
    Italy - November 24, 1994 (Turin premiere)
    Italy - November 25, 1994
    Italy - October 2003 (DVD Special edition)
  • Actors Luigi Ferraro and Renato Montanari were originally chosen for the roles of Timon and Pumbaa respectively, and recorded the whole film; but there were replaced before the release by Tonino Accolla and Augusto Giardino that we can hear in the film. However, in the 2003 DVD Special Edition, after a mixing error, it's Luigi's and Renato's version we can hear in the dubbing.
  • Ernesto Brancucci, the singing voice of Simba, was credited under his stage name Daniele Viri for that role. He is the father of Lorena Brancucci, the singing voice of Nala.
  • Lorena Brancucci was only 17 years-old when she sang as Nala.
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