Based on the short story Cendrillon ou la petite pantoufle de verre, by Charles Perrault, published in the book Histoires ou contes du temps passé, in 1697. That short story was in turn based on earlier versions of the same tale. The whole known chronology is listed in this Wikipedia article, which is very comprehensive but unfortunately does not take notice of the present film version.
Cenicienta loses her mother at a young age and her father remarries. Her stepmother brings along her two daughters; when Cenicienta's father goes away on a trip they turn her into a house servant.
This animated version (with one live-action sequence) of the Cinderella story came out on the same year as the more famous Hollywood version; the most notable original feature of it are the protagonist's collection of friends who in a way play a similar role to the seven dwarfs in Snow White; in one notable sequence they disguise themselves as ghosts and try to scare Cinderella's enemies, chief among them the Italian master of ceremonies, another funny character this film invents. Another notable sequence has the stepsisters' carriage's horses going crazy after mistakenly being given a potion which was originally supposed to be given to the stepsisters. Among other things, they perform an interesting ballet. All in all, a well done and entertaining variation of the famous story.
Rating: 51
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