Movies: Based on myths legends or folklore

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The second cartoon by Jiri Trnka that was a sensation at the festival in Cannes in 1946 when it defeated the world animation elite of the time. It is a musical fairy-tale based on a famous folk story about animals that deterred thieves....

Local fisherman Mylo claims to have been attacked by the Loch Ness monster, and who runs a tourist show on the banks of the loch. His teenage daughter Kellina doesn’t believe his stories, nor does she believe in any of the myths of Loch Ness... but t...

One of the film stories based on the old Prague legends. This one is about the old master clock maker Hanus who construed the Prague Old Town astronomical clock. Master Hanus' clock started working for the first time in 1490 but did not tell the time...

A stranger promises to one greedy man to fulfill his every wish. And he desires to be able to turn everything he touches into gold....

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Nikita, a simple craftsman, is fighting the Gorynych Serpent....

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Purbasari and Purbararang are sisters and in competition. Purbararang, the elder sister, teases Purbasari about the latter's lover, a lutung named Guru Minang; Purbarang's boyfriend, Indrajaya, is a handsome human. However, the girls discover that Gu...

The film told the Māori legend of Hinemoa and Tutanekai. It is the first dramatic feature film produced in New Zealand....

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A tale about the Swiss folk hero....

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In the small Caribbean island of St. Lucia lives an ancient spirit. Soucouyant, as she is known, cannot be contained, captured or killed. The people in the town of Gros Islet have come face to face with this reality. Soucouyant has taken 8 lives alre...

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An overly confident village boy attempts to hunt down the legendary Chullachaki, a mysterious creature that resides deep within the Peruvian jungle....

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