Directed by Aleksandr Ptushko Written by Carlo Collodi Aleksandr Shchagin as Karabas Barabas (as A. Shchagin) Sergey Martinson as Duremar, village knave (as S. Martinson) Olga Shaganova-Obraztsova as Buratino (voice) (as O. Shaganova-Obraztsova) Georgiy Uvarov as Papa Carlo (as G. Uvarov) Nikolay Bogolyubov as Captain of the airship (as N. Bogolyubov) Mikhail Dagmarov as Giuseppe (as M. Dagmarov) Tamara Adelgeym as Malvina (voice) (as T. Adelgeym) R. Khairova as Pierrot (voice) Nikolai Michurin as Sandro (as N. Michurin) Konstantin Nikiforov as Puppet master (as K. Nikiforov) V. Pokorskaya as Puppet master F. Tikhonova as Puppet master Vasiliy Krasnoshchyokov as Policeman (uncredited) Georgiy Millyar as Clown (uncredited)