Princess Cinderella

Princess Cinderella

Directed by	Sergio Tofano
Written by	Edoardo Anton Vittorio Metz Sergio Tofano
Music by	Renzo Rossellini
Cinematography	Manfredo Bertini
Release dates	1941 (1941)
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Princess Cinderella (Italian: Cenerentola e il signor Bonaventura) is a 1941 Italian fantasy-comedy film written and directed by Sergio Tofano.It is based on the characters of the popular comic strip series Signor Bonaventura, created in 1917 by the same Tofano for the children magazine Corriere dei Piccoli.^[1]^[2]

Plot

After her marriage to Prince Charming, Cinderella spends her days in their luxurious palace, keeping his affability with all the people around her, but her two stepsisters, always envious of her, manage to get her away from the palace. The Prince falls into a state of despair, but Bonaventura promises him to go in search of the girl and bring her back. After fighting bitter enemies such as Barbariccia and the Ogre, helped by the loyal Cecè and by the Little Fairy he will finally succeed.

Cast

Paolo Stoppa as Bonaventura
Silvana Jachino as Cinderella
Roberto Villa as Prince Charming
Sergio Tofano as the Doctor
Guglielmo Barnabò as the King
Rosetta Tofano as Pasqualina
Mercedes Brignone as the Queen
Piero Carnabuci as Barbariccia
Mario Pisu as Cecè
Camillo Pilotto as the Ogre
Renato Chiantoni as Gambamoscia
Amelia Chellini as the Witch

References

↑ Roberto Chiti, Roberto Poppi, Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
↑ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.

External links

Princess Cinderella at the Internet Movie Database

Cinderella (1697)

Characters	Buttons Cinderella Ugly sisters Fairy godmother Wicked stepmother Prince Charming

Films	Cinderella (1899) Cinderella or the Glass Slipper (1912) Cinderella (1914) Ella Cinders (1926) The Cookie Carnival (1935) The Magic Shoes (1935) First Love (1939) Cinderella (1947) Sepia Cinderella (1947) Cinderella (1950) The Glass Slipper (1955) Cinderfella (1960) Stop! Look! and Laugh (1960) More Than a Miracle (1967) Tři oříšky pro Popelku (1973) The Slipper and the Rose (1976) Cinderella (1979) Maid to Order (1987) Cinderella (1994) Ever After (1998) A Cinderella Story (2004) Ella Enchanted (2004) Cinderella (2006) Elle: A Modern Cinderella Tale (2010) Cinderella (2015)

Animation	Cinderella Blues (1931) Poor Cinderella (1934) Cinderella Meets Fella (1938) Swing Shift Cinderella (1945) Cinderella (1950) Señorella and the Glass Huarache (1964) Cinderella (1979) The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin (1981) The Magic Riddle (1991) Happily N'Ever After (2007) Year of the Fish (2008)

Sequels	Princess Cinderella (1941) Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002) Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2007) Another Cinderella Story (2008) A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song (2011)

Television	Hey, Cinderella! (1968) Cindy (1978) Cinderella Monogatari (1996) Cinderella (1997) CinderElmo (1999) Cinderella (2000) La Cenicienta (2003 Spanish) Bawang Merah Bawang Putih (2004 Indonesia-Malaysia-Hawaiian) Floricienta (2004) Floribella (2005 Brazil) Floribella (2006 Portugal) Grazilda (2010 Filipino-Tagalog-English) Rags (2012) Aik Nayee Cinderella (2012 Pakistani)

Literary adaptations	Ash (2009) Bella at Midnight (2006) Celestina (1791) Chinese Cinderella (1999 English-Chinese-Bangla) Cinder (2012) Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper (1954) The Coachman Rat (1989) Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister (1999) Ella Enchanted (1997) The Fairy Godmother (2004) I Was a Rat! or The Scarlet Slippers (1999) Just Ella (1999) Nine Coaches Waiting (1958) Phoenix and Ashes (2004) Princess of Glass (2010) Witches Abroad (1991)

Opera	Cendrillon (1810 Isouard) La Cenerentola (1817 Rossini) Cendrillon (1899 Massenet) Cendrillon (1904 Viardot) La Cenicienta (1966 Hen)

Ballet	Cinderella (1893 Fitinhof-Schell) Aschenbrödel (1900 Strauss-Bayer) Cinderella (1945 Prokofiev) Cinderella (1948 Ashton)

Musicals	Cinderella and the Prince, or The Castle of Heart's Desire (1904) Stubborn Cinderella (1909) Mr. Cinders (1929) Cinderella (1957) Cindy (1964) The Penny Friend (1966) The Slipper and the Rose (1984) Soho Cinders (2008) Cinderella (2013)

Plays	A Kiss for Cinderella (1916) Hobson's Choice (1916)

Comics	Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love Cinderalla

Songs	"Spread a Little Happiness" (1929) "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" (1948) "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" (1950) "Cinderella" (1987) "Hey Cinderella" (1993) "It's Midnight Cinderella" (1996) "Cinderella" (2001) "Cinderella" (2002) "Cinderella" (2003) "Stealing Cinderella" (2007) "Cinderella" (2007) "C\C (Cinderella\Complex)" (2008)

Albums	A Cinderella Story (2004 soundtrack) Disney's Princess Favorites (2002)

Sociology	Cinderella complex Cinderella effect The Cinderella Movement

Commercials	A Coach for Cinderella A Ride for Cinderella

Adult	Cinder Ellen up too Late Cinderella (1977) Naughty Cinderella

National variation	Bawang Merah Bawang Putih (Malay and Indonesian) Beauty and Pock Face (Chinese) Chūjō-hime (Japanese) Fair, Brown and Trembling (Irish) Finette Cendron (French) The Green Knight (Danish) Katie Woodencloak (Norwegian) Ochikubo Monogatari (Japanese) "Rhodopis" (Greek) Rushen Coatie (Scottish) The Sharp Grey Sheep (Scottish) The Story of Tam and Cam (Vietnamese) Sumiyoshi Monogatari (Japanese) The True Bride (German) The Wonderful Birch (Russian) Ye Xian (Chinese)

Games	Cinderella's Castle Designer Cinders

Related	Catskin Into the Woods Into the Woods (2014 film) A Kiss for Cinderella (1925 film) Politically Correct Bedtime Stories Disney's characters Stop! Look! and Laugh Waltz Suite Black Cinderella Two Goes East Cinderella's Sister Cinderella (sports) Lying to Be Perfect Cinderella's Eyes (2011)