Production information
Release dates: February 14, 1971 (Turkey), March 31, 1972 (Italy)
Studios: Hisar Films
Turkish title: Pamuk Prenses ve Yedi Cüceler
Italian title: La meravigliosa favola di Biancaneve
French title: Le conte fabuleux de Blanche Neige
Spanish title: La maravillosa historia de Blancanieves y los siete enanos
Director: Ertem Göreç
Writer: Hamdi Degirmencioglu
Composer: Yildirim Gürses (Turkey), Giuseppe Mazzucca (Italy)
Producer: Özdemir Birsel
Cinematographer: Manasi Filmeridis
Art Direction: Güner Feyman
Editor: Sezai Elmaskaya
Main Cast
Snow White: Zeynep Degirmencioglu, Nursen Alçam (Turkish voice), Emanuela Fallini (Italian dialogue), Nora Orlandi (Italian singing)
The Prince: Salih Güney, Hayri Esen (Turkish voice), Gianni Giuliano (Italian voice)
The Queen: Suna Selen, Alev Koral (Turkish voice), Marzia Ubaldi (Italian voice)
The Prince’s page: Ömercik
Huntsman: Hüseyin Baradan, Sadettin Erbil (Turkish voice)
Nurse: Gülistan Güzey, Nedret Güvenç (Turkish voice)
King: Aydin Tezel, Luciano Melani (Italian voice)
Snow White’s mother: Belgin Doruk, Jeyan Mahfi Tözüm (Turkish voice)
Keloglan (Happy): Aydın Babaoğlu, Birsen Kaplangi (Turkish voice), Elio Pandolfi (Italian voice)
Utangaç (Bashful): Harun Atalay, Emanuela Rossi (Italian voice)
Uykucu (Sleepy): Ali Abas Bayer, Zafer Önen (Turkish voice), Edoardo Nevola (Italian voice)
Bilgin (Doc): Nuri Turgut, Münir Özkul (Turkish voice), Leonardo Severini (Italian voice)
Öfkeli (Grumpy): Mehmet Asik, Erdoğan Esenboğa (Turkish voice), Carlo Buratti (Italian voice)
Neseli (Dopey): Tayar Yildiz, Isa Di Marzio (Italian voice)
Meraklı (Sneezy): Nuri Tosun, Paolo Lombardi (Italian voice)
Guard: Giray Alpan
Narrator: Alina Moradei (Italian voice)
Sarp: Ahmet Kostarika
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Turkish Snow White
This Turkish film has no official connection with Walt Disney. However, it is an obvious unofficial remake, the first of a series of fairy tale adaptations starring Zeynep Degirmencioglu.
The script includes a few novel elements, such as a prologue featuring the king and Snow White’s mother, the presence of Snow White’s nurse, and a young page for the Prince. However, most of the plot, costumes, and dialogue are heavily copied from the Walt Disney film. The film opens with a book, Snow White’s costume is the same as in the Disney version, the Queen’s costumes are also very similar.
The actress who played Snow White was the screenwriter’s daughter. In this film, she had to spend time with wild animals for several scenes where Snow White is surrounded with woodland critters. The child actor who played the Prince’s page became notorious for losing an eye with a pen, and this sad experience became proverbial for parents in Turkey.
The actors are all dubbed, even in the original Turkish version.
La meravigliosa favola di Biancaneve
The film was also released in many other countries, including France and Mexico, but its most popular release was in Italy, where it hit theaters in 1972, a few months before the Walt Disney film was re-released with a new dubbing.
In this version, the score was entirely replaced by a composition by Giuseppe Mazzucca, which was tricky considering there was onscreen singing. Three main musical themes are repeated several dozen times: the dwarfs’ theme, Snow White’s theme, and the suspense theme. The soundtrack was even issued on an LP record.
Trailer
The original Turkish version, as well as the dubbed Italian version can be found in their entirety on YouTube. Here is the Italian trailer:
