Fairy Tale Movies

The film is a cautionary tale about the need to develop good work habits, personal responsibility and conscience in life.

Video essay on Heart of Stone, folktales and gothic horror by film and literature scholar Mary Going. Included on the Eureka! Entertainment release...

Another animated adaptation of the classic tale.

A fairy tale based on Charles Deulin's story about how dancing was forbidden in the castle, yet every morning there was a pile of worn-out shoes in...

Based on Oscar Wilde's fairytale with same name. Once there was a golden statue of Prince, who didn't see any sadness before his death. A barn...

A young king is expected to visit a country estate. The haughty countess would like to win his heart, so she longs for a dress made from the most...

Nebojsa was the nickname given to a young man who was not afraid of anything. One day he heard that a cursed princess lived in a castle. Whoever...

Fairy tales are full of fairies who would like to become humans. There probably won't be that many Hejkals who want to turn into humans. We only know...

Erben's original text, which did not exceed half a page in length, served Zelenka only as a source of inspiration to write a plot-rich story about...

The story of Little Peter and his sister Anneli, who help a May beetle named Mr. Zoomzeman (German: Herr Summsemann) to retrieve his missing sixth...

A stop-motion puppet animation adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's tale The Ugly Duckling.

A farmer owns a pear tree, three daughters and a chicken. Every year he has to deliver three baskets of pears to the king. Once, when he is unable to...

The princess wants to get married. She wants the groom to be no coward, he must be free from fear and shame, so she orders all the men in the area to...

A story about how grace, modesty, unpretentiousness, and an affirmation of life lead to happiness, based on the fairy tale by Maria Krüger of...

Peter stows away on a ship from Italy, and arrives in New York, pursued by the ship's captain. He is advised that he will find other Italians in...

Dora, a lazy and evil woman, is in love with her servant, Hannes. Hannes, however, loves her sister-in-law, Margareta. When Dora learns about this,...