| Mr. Rossi Looks for Happiness | |
| Director: | Bruno Bozzetto |
| Producer: | Bruno Bozzetto |
| Starring: | Carlo Romano Gianfranco Mauri Grazia Pivetti Carlo Bonomi |
| Music: | Franco Godi |
| Editing: | Giancarlo Rossi |
| Runtime: | 81 min |
| Country: | Italy |
| Language: | Italian |
Mr. Rossi Looks for Happiness (Italian: Il signor Rossi cerca la felicità) is a 1976 traditionally animated Italian feature film directed by Bruno Bozzetto. It is the first feature film of Mr. Rossi.
Nothing is going right for Mr. Rossi. A nutty, bumbling fairy comes to his "rescue", and gives him a magic whistle. By blowing it, Mr. Rossi and his dog Harold can travel through time. However, they are unable to escape trouble as they meet fire-breathing dragons, hungry Roman lions, scalp-happy Indians, and Robin Hood's deadly arrows. Eventually Mr. Rossi finds happiness at his home, in the present.
The movie was distributed in Europe and had great success, especially in West Germany in 1976 and in Spain in 1983.
| International publication date | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Title | Date | |
| Il Signor Rossi cerca la felicità | 25 November 1976 | ||
| Mr. Rossi Looks For Happiness | 1976 | ||
| Monsieur Rossi cherche le bonheur | 1976 | ||
| Herr Rossi sucht das Glück | 4 March 1976 | ||
| El señor Rossi busca la felicidad | 1983 | ||
| ? | |||
French | M. Rossi et le sifflet magique | ? | |
| Hr. Rossi søger lykke | ? | ||
| De heer Rossi zoekt geluk | ? | ||
| O Sr. Rossi procura a felicidade | ? | ||
| ? | |||
| Mister Rossi xoşbəxtlik axtarır | ? | ||
| Bay Rossi Mutluluk Arıyor | ? | ||
| Signor Rossi söker lyckan | ? | ||
| Herra Rossi onnea etsimässä | ? | ||
| ایجاد آقای رُوسی دنبال شادی میگردد | ? | ||
| Character | Original | English (2nd dubbing) |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. Rossi | Carlo Romano | Arthur Grosser |
| Harold (Gastone in Italian) | Gianfranco Mauri | Vlasta Vrána |
| Boss | Carlo Bonomi | Neil Shee |
| All the other characters | Unknown | |
| Fairy Sicury (Fata in Italian) | Grazia Pivetti |
Additional voices (English, 2nd dubbing): Kathleen Fee.
The first dubbing was realized in the 1970s, was redubbed in the 1980s.[1]
While the film was never released on DVD (except for an all-regions DVD released around somewhere in late 2000s to early 2010s(?),[2] during the 1980s, it was issued on VHS in the US by Family Home Entertainment.