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January 1988 •Slovak

Jack and the Beanstalk

September 1983 •English

Imaginative and creative Jack seeks adventure while trying to provide for himself and his mother. Will he ever solve the mystery of how his father died?

Little Red Riding Hood

November 1983 •English

A sheltered but adventurous young woman finds trouble when she encounters a wolf.

Bearskin

January 1986 •German

The war is over and soldier Christoffel has no prospects for the future and no money. He doesn't know what to do, so he meets the devil. He offers him a pact: Christoffel's pockets are always full of money, but he is not allowed to wash, cut his hair or nails for seven years and he is not allowed to sleep in a bed. If he doesn't keep to all these things, he will be forever devoted to the devil. Christoffel accepts the condition. Relieved of his worries about the future, Christoffel sets off. However, he soon becomes lonely. Society avoids him; he is dirty, unkempt and smelly. He only finds a place to stay in prison. He pays off the debts of a goldsmith, which wins him the heart of Katarina, the goldsmith's daughter. However, Christoffel is aware of his appearance and leaves her. After seven years, he is finally cleansed by the devil himself and returns to her as a well-groomed man.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

January 1984 •English

A spirited young girl disobeys her parents and runs off to the wood for the afternoon where she rudely invades the home of a family of bears, taking advantage of all its comforts and thoughtlessly wrecking things. When caught, she learns important lessons about truthfulness and respecting others' rights to privacy.

Hansel and Gretel

December 1983 •English

Abandoned by their parents, a young brother and sister try to find their way home. On the way, they find themselves trapped in the plot of a nasty witch.

Uloupený smích

December 1977 •Czech

The Lakota king is so stingy that he wants to marry his only daughter, Princess Forgetful, to Prince Bohatu, even though the girl doesn't like the groom because he is conceited and "empty-headed." But at the right moment, the blacksmith's son Ondřej, a singer, appears on the scene and protects her from unwanted marriages...

Fox, Hare and Rooster

January 1942 •Russian

Hänsel und Gretel

May 2006 •German

Brothers Grimms' fairy tale about Hansel and Gretel, brother and sister, who struggle against the witches.

The Monster of Nix

June 2011 •Dutch

Life is good in the idyllic fairytale village of Nix... until an all-devouring monster appears. Young Willy has to fight it. Alone.

Zlatý chlieb

January 2001 •Slovak

Anička s lískovými oříšky

January 1993 •Czech

A romantic fairy tale about faithful love and how difficult it is to fulfill it. "I have never seen two sisters who love each other so much," sighs King Stephen when he discovers his one true love, the orphaned knight's daughter Anička, in an old fortress in the woods where he wanders while hunting. And indeed, Katka stands faithfully by her stepsister's side, even though fate, thanks to her stepmother's curse, prepares the most difficult trials that a young, beautiful girl can encounter. And so, in the final song, the fairy queen can sing not only to the lovers from the fairy tale, but also to all of us: "Every love overcomes evil, every love interprets God, the flower that stands alone withers, so I have love for you..."

Princezná v ježovej koži

January 1994 •Slovak

The hero of the tale, based on Samuel Czambel's story, is banished from his home because of laziness - let him learn something in the world. Who knows how he would have turned out if he hadn't accidentally acquired four miraculous things that can make one full, overpower the enemy and make one invisible. Thanks to them, he falls into the king's favour and is about to marry a princess. But she robs him of all the miraculous things and turns him into a laughing stock. But because justice always prevails in a fairy tale, our hero finds a way to punish the princess. The old hermit's advice, strange pears and even stranger apples will help him...

Mahuliena, Golden Maiden

August 1987 •Slovak

The adventure fairy-tale about the brave prince and his faithful butler Jan wandering together.

Koleso osudu

January 1991 •Slovak

O hlúpej žene

January 1996 •Slovak

In the books of collectors of Slovak folk tales we can find a considerable number of stories about human stupidity, greed, punished pride or avarice. Today's humorous story about a foolish woman will show us what can befall a man who marries not for the love of his wife, but for money. You probably won't feel sorry for him when he loses what he has earned by his own work, in addition to his easily gained dowry. But as it happens in a fairy tale, everything turns out for the best...

The Goose-Girl at the Fountain

December 1979 •German

A young blacksmith, searching for happiness in a series of dreams, realizes that he must find a rejected princess and hold her hand. A fairytale after the Brothers Grimm.

Maleficent

May 2014 •English

A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. She rises to be the land's fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal – an act that begins to turn her heart into stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading King's successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom – and to Maleficent's true happiness as well.

The Magic Book

February 1996 •Czech

An evil witch is trying to steal a magic purse possessed by the local ruler. Thanks to Princess Blanka's love, Prince Petr wins out over the witch.

Good Neighbors

June 2021 •English

In a horror twist on a classic fairytale, struggling art student Frankie is amazed when one morning she awakes to see that someone — or something — has completed her paintings for her.