Misfortune and tribulations with domestic violence lead to an expectable romance. The fairy godfather must save poor Cinderfella from misery and servitude. How will the princess strike back, exactly? This modernized fairy-tale short film by Keeley Knight and Dave Lojek reverses gender roles.
Ukrainian folktale telling the story of how the sly fox tricked on village people and how they finally avenged themselves.
The almost crumbling Rajbari of Ballabhpur only has two men living — the last descendant of Ray dynasty, Bhupati Ray, and his inherited menial, Manohar. Both the dwellers are overburdened with heavy debts and seek no hope of betterment until one day, Kolkata's soap King, Mr. Haldar, plans buying the property. Can Bhupati Ray and Manohar succeed in selling it?
This story took place one day in winter, when snowmen in the woods were afraid that the heat radiated by the sun would bring them irreparable harm. These kind creatures just did not want to melt and decided to find the sun, urged him not to warm the earth. They did not even know how it looks like when they started their path, and then they realized all living things need it...
Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthrals all who encounter her. But, ultimately, she must confront her fate.
A stop-motion adaptation of the ballet Sleeping Beauty, released onVHS by the BBC, together with three other adaptations, under the name 'Musical Tales' in 1988.
"Why is my son stupid?" laments the poor Roma coal miner. His son Dilino is a nice boy, but he still causes his parents a lot of worry. He hasn't picked up much sense, so he's not much use to the coal family, and he's got all kinds of crazy ideas on top of that. For example, he began to force his unfortunate father to go and ask for the hand of the princess herself for him!
The story of how the young worker was bored with life.
The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Hans Christian Andersen's tale of heroic love and perseverance, comes to life in this adaptation set to music and dance. The tin soldier, separated from his beloved paper ballerina and thrust into a dangerous world filled with goblins and rats, must fight for his freedom against overwhelming odds.
The girl Inge was good and loved... herself very much. Inge was given bread to take to her poor parents, and she, crossing a puddle and afraid to dirty her new shoes, threw the bread in the mud and stepped on it. From such a terrible act, the earth parted and swallowed her. Based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale.
Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale is told here as a digital theater piece. The visual point of departure is fashioned by découpages created by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, who is also the narrator. The découpages serve to establish the mood around the story of the children, Kaj and Gerda. They consist of a countless number of clippings, which are subsequently subjected to the processes of computer animation and mixed with graphics, live actors and music into an unique fairy tale universe.
To save her father from certain death in the army, a young woman secretly enlists in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the process.
Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who's been turned into a mysterious beast. With the help of the castle's enchanted staff, Belle soon learns the most important lesson of all -- that true beauty comes from within.
A bored prince realizes he would like a wife. His mother searches through all the kingdoms far and wide for a "suitable" princess. In the meantime, a charming and witty young lady, who claims to be a princess, shows up at the castle doorstep with a sprained ankle and is shown hospitality by the prince and his best friend the Fool.
When the kingdom's most wanted-and most charming-bandit Flynn Rider hides out in a mysterious tower, he's taken hostage by Rapunzel, a beautiful and feisty tower-bound teen with 70 feet of magical, golden hair. Flynn's curious captor, who's looking for her ticket out of the tower where she's been locked away for years, strikes a deal with the handsome thief and the unlikely duo sets off on an action-packed escapade, complete with a super-cop horse, an over-protective chameleon and a gruff gang of pub thugs.
A darkly brilliant stop-motion adaptation of The Pied Piper of Hamelin about a plague of rats that punish townsfolk corrupt with greed. One of Czechoslovakia's most ambitious animation projects of the 1980s, notable for its unusual dark art direction, innovative animation techniques and use of a fictitious language.
Danielle, a vibrant young woman is forced into servitude after the death of her father when she was a young girl. Danielle's stepmother Rodmilla is a heartless woman who forces Danielle to do the cooking and cleaning, while she tries to marry off the eldest of her two daughters to the prince. But Danielle's life takes a wonderful turn when, under the guise of a visiting royal, she meets the charming Prince Henry.
This colorful adventure tells the story of an impetuous mermaid princess named Ariel who falls in love with the very human Prince Eric and puts everything on the line for the chance to be with him. Memorable songs and characters -- including the villainous sea witch Ursula.
A retelling of the popular fairy tale that mixes live action and animation.