Emanuele Luzzati

The Thieving Magpie

A king and his hunting party shoot down birds. A magpie escapes the onslaught of arrows and wreaks havoc on the hunting party.

Pulcinella

Oscar nominated animated short from 1973. Pulcinella dreams himself into a wild nightmare of a dream that leads us through an abstract world.

An Italian in Algiers

A pair of shipwrecked lovers are captured by a Prince who hopes to make the woman his bride.

The Magic Flute

Emanuele Luzzati was a talented artist, director and animator. One of his best known short films was 1978’s The Magic Flute set to the music from Mozart’s two-act opera. As a stage director, Luzzati had mounted a lavish 1963 full-scale production of the opera and fell in love with the music and the story. His animated The Magic Flute, made fifteen years later, was met with glowing reviews and multiple awards. He followed the completion of the film with a children’s picture book that succinctly retells the story. (by Joseph Crisalli)

Alì Babà

Adapted from the book by Luzzati.

Pulcinella e il pesce magico

L'uccello di fuoco

The Paladins of France

A tale about Paladins where western knights thwart their Moorish tricks to push back these black-skined conquerors.

The Thieving Magpie

A king and his hunting party shoot down birds. A magpie escapes the onslaught of arrows and wreaks havoc on the hunting party.

Pulcinella

Oscar nominated animated short from 1973. Pulcinella dreams himself into a wild nightmare of a dream that leads us through an abstract world.

An Italian in Algiers

A pair of shipwrecked lovers are captured by a Prince who hopes to make the woman his bride.

The Magic Flute

Emanuele Luzzati was a talented artist, director and animator. One of his best known short films was 1978’s The Magic Flute set to the music from Mozart’s two-act opera. As a stage director, Luzzati had mounted a lavish 1963 full-scale production of the opera and fell in love with the music and the story. His animated The Magic Flute, made fifteen years later, was met with glowing reviews and multiple awards. He followed the completion of the film with a children’s picture book that succinctly retells the story. (by Joseph Crisalli)

Alì Babà

Adapted from the book by Luzzati.

Pulcinella e il pesce magico

L'uccello di fuoco

The Paladins of France

A tale about Paladins where western knights thwart their Moorish tricks to push back these black-skined conquerors.

Pulcinella e il pesce magico

Pulcinella is poor and tormented by his wife. But one day a magical fish bites his line and promises to satisfy his every desire if he lets him live. From that moment all the couple's dreams come true. Until due to too much greed...

Castello di carte

A precious animated short inspired by the famous playing cards.

The Earth Cries Out

Two Jews and their former British comrade land on opposite sides of the Palestine issue following World War II.

Lele - Il magico mondo di Emanuele Luzzati

Nel mondo di Alice

On a warm afternoon Alice falls asleep on the lawn and when she wakes up finds herself catapulted into an unreal and colorful world populated by strange characters and talking animals. Following first a white rabbit and then through a mirror, she will have fantastic adventures, amid clumsy talking chessmen and a shrewish duchess, played by Franca Valeri. When she wakes up, everything will return to normal, leaving her with the memory of a frightening but beautiful dream at the same time.