Movies: Based on fairy tale

Georges Méliès's first attempt at Cinderella was in 1899. That film was extraordinary then for having multiple scenes and a semblance of a narrative; additionally, the use of dissolves as transitions in it influenced other filmmakers for years to do ...

Based on three classic Norwegian folk tales collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe: The Little Boys Who Met the Trolls in Hedal Forest, Three Lemons and The Twelve Wild Ducks....

In the middle of a world of darkness, the stars foretell the arrival of a brave warrior who will win back the Kuorum, symbol of Eternal Love. It is to be a princess who can manage her feelings as well as her sword. Her name is Fantaghirò....

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 ...

The animation is based on a Ukrainian fairy tale about an old married couple, who had no children. One day the woman asked her husband to cut down a log and put it in a cradle for a night. The old man did what she had asked him to do. Next morning, a...

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The dragon Horynych attacks ordinary Ukrainian village residents. He takes young men and women, leaving only senior villagers. But a young boy named Kotyhoroshko decides to confront the dreadful Dragon. First, he needs to get appropriate weapons and ...

In anticipation of the great Christian holiday of Easter, one of the boys wanted to get ready for it by making painted eggs himself, as required by a long-standing tradition. But he took eggs from a hen that was hatching her children. Falling asleep,...

The movie is based on Azerbaijani folk tale "Malikmammad and the Three Princes"....

Plot TBA. The sequel to Летучий корабль (2024)....

An adaptation of the The Wolf and The Seven Little Goats story....

A young woman Egle is forced to marry the king of serpents, her brothers seek to avenge their sister....

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Poor Mikola came to the fair, but he has no money, only dreams and a cheerful disposition. On the way home, he got caught in the rain and took refuge in a terrible house, where he met with the ghost miller....

Mom sends her daughter to grandma's with pies and she meets a wolf on a forest path. However, the beast fails to deceive the girl. The heroes ride motorcycles, speak exclusively in youth slang, and the Wolf communicates with his "old rocker" dad via ...

The daughter of a king, who also is a wizard, helps her beloved to outwit her father....

The Persian ruler Shah Nadir has only one daughter. Princess Lindagull is kind-hearted, but feels trapped in her palace life. The vengeful King Bom-Bali sends a Lappish witch disguised as a tiger to kidnap the beloved Princess....

A beautiful princess is betrothed to the prince of a neighboring kingdom, and when the time comes, she sets out with a small entourage to wed him. She is given a magic handkerchief by her mother, which she is told will protect her, along with a talki...

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