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Soviet cartoon adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale.

A fairy tale about a king who does not solve his worries and problems, but runs away from them into dreams and visions. He trades everything he has for his dreams. The castle, the crown and the happiness of his only daughter. But in time, the poor shepherd Martin intervenes, who knows that dreaming is beautiful, but the ability to make dreams come true is much more valuable.

In battle-ridden Syria, a woman trying to smuggle bread into a blockaded area crosses paths with a soldier on the run.

Screen adaptation of Eichendorff's famous novella. A penniless drifter roams the land with his violin and preferably sings his songs to beautiful women. Two of his female admirers get him employed as a gardener at a castle. Yet he doesn't settle down for long, and moves on to his next temporary job as a customs officer. Finally, he travels to Italy where he joins the gang of Rinaldo Rinaldini and eventually meets the love of his life.

Klotýnka is a young, crazy, disobedient, inquisitive and curious magician's daughter who decides to help her love - the confused but kind inventor Leopold. So kind that his greedy aunt, the hatter, Hermína, almost deprives him of his father's inheritance. It is only thanks to Klotýnka that her plans fail...

Nasredin

Young painter Adam longs to paint a masterpiece, so he sets off into the world to gain experience. He hopes that Princess Almína, whose beauty he has heard about, could be the subject of his painting. However, after Almina's father dies, a devious prime minister seizes power over the kingdom and intends to consolidate his position by marrying the rightful heir to the throne. But Princess Almina is not interested in such a groom; she has fallen in love with the kind-hearted Adam. The self-proclaimed king is not happy about this at all...

During a royal hunt, the young prince is injured under strange circumstances, and his father, the king, falls from a high cliff and dies. The young princess Klára cleverly but persistently questions Prince Vilém about what actually happened during the hunt. When she refuses Wilhelm's offer to take the throne in place of the prince and princess for the time being, she and her injured brother are thrown into a dark tower. However, strange spirits appear here—the courageous Elizabeth, who heals the prince and helps him regain his memory, and the handsome Conrad, with whom the princess secretly falls in love...

Foukaliště

A fairy tale about three princes, enchanted into dog form... The shepherd Jirka is herding sheep when a mysterious hunter with three dogs named Drž, Dech and Vševím passes by. The hunter treats the dogs badly. And because Jirka has a good heart, he exchanges the dogs for three sheep that belong to the farmer. He says goodbye to his girlfriend Anička and goes into the world, arriving in a sad kingdom. There he meets Bětuška, who takes him to the king, whose three sons and daughter have been lost...

Blankytná pohádka

When Tehran hosts visiting foreign dignitaries, the local authorities clean up the city’s urban image through the controversial process of ‘urban beautification’. Those who are deemed unsavoury are rounded up – drug users, prostitutes and the homeless who sleep in cardboard boxes on sidewalks and who they would rather remain unseen. When these very important people leave, the men are released but the women are kept as wards of the state. An animated documentary made using hand-crafted cardboard miniatures and the voices of women to tell their story, one that has been five years in the making. A story that shows how the face of a city can change, but what is underneath often does not.

Red, the Wolf and the Lumberjack; three beloved characters whose lives are intertwined by a dark secret. A secret which has engulfed their clans in a vicious cycle of bloody vengeance. To save grandmother’s life, Red must pass through the bowels of The Broken Forest.

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A collection of stories compiled from the English dub of the Madhouse anime series Manga Fairy Tales of the World.

In this film, the people of a Tyrolean town climb up into the nearby mountains, searching for a place where they can hold a picnic and a spring festival: ideally, a place where they can eventually erect dwellings and cultivate crops. Led by the local nobleman (Arthur Ehrens), they find an appropriate spot, and the festivities begin. Some children briefly perform a charming folk dance. Suddenly the Rübezahl arrives and threatens to kill all the townsfolk if they don't leave immediately.

Three brothers leave their home to see the world. During their journey, young men as by miracle enter into famous fairy tales (Little Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Twelve Months) and face traps, unexpected moments and even love in a story full of humor and songs.