When the king's twelve daughters, under an evil spell, wear holes in their dancing slippers every night and grow pale and mysterious, Peter the gardener's boy discovers their secret and breaks the spell.
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Retells how Bellerophon, son of the king of Corinth, secures the help of the winged horse Pegasus in order to fight the monstrous Chimera.
This wordless story follows the adventures of a small boy and his dog as they spend a day trying to capture a playful frog at a pond. They wind up catching a turtle instead.
The adventures of a talking wooden marionette whose nose grew whenever he told a lie.
In 1166 the Saxon knight Ivanhoe returns from the Crusades to a chaotic England ruled by the enemies of the absent King Richard the Lion-Hearted and finds himself disowned and dishonored, forced to fight for his name and the people he loves.
An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan.
Merlin weaves a magic spell to give a childless couple the baby they have always longed for: tiny Tom Thumb. No bigger than his father's thumb, the little hero nevertheless outwits a giant, survives being swallowed by animals, and ends up at the court of King Arthur himself! Lavi...
When a serpent poisons the lake where all the animals drink, only the unicorn has the power to save them.
A boy's pet frog thinks that the new little frog the boy gets for his birthday is one frog too many.
A retelling of the old Russian fairy tale in which beautiful Vasilisa uses the help of her doll to escape from the clutches of the witch Baba Yaga, who in turn sets in motion the events which lead to the once ill-treated girl's marrying the tzar.
Princess Turandot asks three riddles of her suitors, and only the one who answers them correctly can become her husband.
The classic medieval legend of the unicorn serves as a motif for the alphabet.
Profiles the individual apostles, including Judas and his replacement Matthias, describing their lives, deeds, symbols, and Biblical references.
Cursed with bad luck, a courageous young girl sets out in search of adventure, her only protection a little jewel box that she is to open only when in danger of death.
A sorcerer's young apprentice attempts to practice magic in his master's absence, with disastrous results.
The evil giant Thiassi vows to capture Iduna and her magic apples which give the gods on Valhalla everlasting life.
Retells the adventures of Aladdin who, with the help of a genie from a magic lamp, outwits an evil sorcerer and wins the hand of a beautiful princess.
Presents a picture of the early life of Jesus and the signs that revealed him as a very extraordinary child.
A soldier on his way home from the wars helps out a mysterious old man who rewards him by telling him where to find the magic blue light.