Zizi der Größte (1973)

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Il nano e la strega is a 1975 Italian-French adult animated film directed by Gibba and was a co-production between Monti Film (Rome) and S.N.D. (Paris).

Production

The project emerged in the early 1970s, directly inspired by the international success of Ralph Bakshi's Fritz the Cat, the first animated feature to receive an X rating in the United States. Hoping to capitalize on this trend, Italian producer Claudio Monti financed a feature-length adult cartoon that could compete in the new market for erotic animation. The film's production began in 1973 under severe financial constraints.

Before its release, the film faced significant censorship hurdles. In December 1974, Italy's censorship board denied approval, labeling it "contrary to public decency." After an appeal, distributors were required to cut over forty meters of footage, including explicit sexual sequences, before it was granted release with an adults-only rating in February 1975.

Promotional materials imitated those of Fritz the Cat, marketing the film as "the first Italian porn cartoon" and highlighting its irreverence. However, both the film's critical and commercial reception were poor. Critics derided the film as crude and technically subpar, and Gibba himself later disowned it, calling it an "unclassifiable product, badly drawn in haste and for little pay". The film's failure had lasting effects.

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