Fairy Tales
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- DirectorWalter BeckStarsJuliane KorénVera OelschlegelHelmut SchreiberWhen the Fairy of Industry is not invited to the birth of the princess, she sees that the child pricks her finger on a spindle and falls in a cursed sleep. For 100 years she has to wait for a prince to awaken her again.
- DirectorNietzchka KeeneStarsBjörkBryndis Petra BragadóttirValdimar Örn FlygenringMargit and her older sister, Katla, flee their homeland after their mother is killed for practicing witchcraft. Needing a place to stay, Katla casts a spell over a young farmer named Jóhann which makes him fall in love with her.
- DirectorChristophe GansStarsVincent CasselLéa SeydouxAndré DussollierAn unexpected romance blooms after the the youngest daughter of a merchant who has fallen on hard times offers herself to the mysterious beast to which her father has become indebted.
- DirectorVladimir BychkovStarsViktoriya NovikovaValentin NikulinGalina ArtyomovaAfter her sisters wreck his ship, a mermaid saves a human prince from drowning and is helped by a traveling handyman to reach out to him on land.
- DirectorPablo BergerStarsMaribel VerdúEmilio GaviraDaniel Giménez CachoA twist on the Snow White fairy tale that is set in 1920s Seville and centered on a female bullfighter.
- DirectorRichard BowenStarsXiao MinZhang JieCaiping WangIn a mythical kingdom, Mei Mei is born to a doting mother, second wife of a village notable whose first wife (Wang Caiping) already has a daughter.
- DirectorMichel OcelotStarsJulien BéramisMarine GrisetMichel EliasTales of the Night weaves together six exotic fables each unfolding in a unique locale, from Tibet, to medieval Europe, to the Land of the Dead. From the imagination of internationally renowned animator Michel Ocelot.
- DirectorJan SverákStarsKaterina KosováTomás KlusSabina RojkováThree brothers (Vojtech Dyk, Tomás Klus and Zdenek Piskula) 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. Script and music of new fairy tale are based on popular musical theatre play Miniopers by famous duo of screenwriter Zdenek Sverák and composer Jaroslav Uhlír.
- DirectorMarc-Andreas BochertStarsMaximilian SimonischekCornelia GröschelJürgen TarrachThe story of Beauty and the beast.
- DirectorUwe JansonStarsAylin TezelBarbara AuerPheline RogganAlthough mistreated by her cruel stepmother and stepsister, Cinderella is able to attend the royal ball with help from her fairy godmother.
- DirectorIrina PovolotskayaStarsMarina IlyichyovaLev DurovAlla DemidovaHaving gone for a gift for his daughter, the father is captured by a monster. A poetic adaptation of a fairy tale by Sergey Aksakov.
- DirectorAlice NellisStarsMartha IssováSabina RemundováLukás PríkazkýA young girl takes a hard task. She must try to save her brothers and get rid of the curse placed on them by their mother. It is a story of courage, perseverance, but also of the power of words, truth and true love.
- DirectorJohn SaylesStarsJeni CourtneyEileen ColganMick LallyYoung Fiona lives with her grandparents in a small fishing village where she takes an active role to unravel the mysterious secrets.
- DirectorMark PalanskyStarsChristina RicciJames McAvoyReese WitherspoonA modern romantic tale about a young aristocratic heiress born under a curse that can only be broken when she finds true love with "one who will accept her as one of their own."
- DirectorCaroline ThompsonStarsMiranda RichardsonTom IrwinVera FarmigaSnow White's mother dies during childbirth, leaving baby Snow and father John for dead on an icy field, who then receives a visit from one of Satan's representatives, granting him three wishes.
- DirectorNeil JordanStarsColin FarrellAlicja BachledaDervla KirwanAn Irish fisherman discovers a woman in his fishing net whom his precocious daughter believes to be a selkie.
- DirectorSiegfried HartmannStarsJulie JuristováKatrin MartinPavel TrávnícekScreen version of the fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm about two sisters - Schneeweißchen and Rosenrot, who with their love saved Princes Michael and Andreas from the evil spells of the Mountain Spirit
- DirectorTarsem SinghStarsLee PaceCatinca UntaruJustine WaddellIn 1920s Los Angeles, a bedridden patient in a hospital captivates a young girl with a fantastic tale of heroes, myths, and villains on a desert island.
- DirectorJuraj HerzStarsZdena StudenkováVlastimil HarapesVáclav VoskaIn this gothic rendition of the classic fairy tale, a merchant's youngest daughter is held prisoner by a mysterious winged beast.
- DirectorBen BoltStarsMartin ClunesSienna GuilloryPeter VaughanTom Fitzhenry is an ugly and reclusive aristocrat who lives on his own in a large mansion. He despairs of ever having a relationship with a woman... until Cathy comes into his life when she and her father come to repair the house's ageing plumbing.
- DirectorMatteo GarroneStarsSalma HayekVincent CasselToby JonesFrom the bitter quest of the Queen of Longtrellis, to two mysterious sisters who provoke the passion of a king, to the King of Highhills obsessed with a giant Flea, these tales are inspired by the fairytales by Giambattista Basile.
- DirectorRob MarshallStarsAnna KendrickMeryl StreepChris PineA witch tasks a childless baker and his wife with procuring magical items from classic fairy tales to reverse the curse put on their family tree.
- DirectorFrancesco RosiStarsSophia LorenOmar SharifGeorges WilsonIn 17th century Italy, a Spanish prince, who's searching for a bride, falls in-love with a beautiful local peasant girl.
- DirectorMatthew VaughnStarsCharlie CoxClaire DanesSienna MillerIn a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm.
- DirectorSusanne ZankeStarsEmilia SchüleMax FelderSimone Thomalla
- DirectorIrina PopowStarsZoe MoorePhilipp DanneBen BeckerKing Sigismund orders his son Nikolas to finally get married and become a proper heir to the throne. Nikolas, failing to fall in love of an even properly date, the king arranges a politically suitable bride, spinster princess Anneline. Enjoying his last 'free man days' incognito, gallivanting with his trusted squires, athletic Nikolas goes swimming but nearly drowns. When he beaches up, Anneline falls in love with the handsome stranger but rides on to court. Nikolas's party tries to thank the mystery woman who rescued him, ignoring its sea god Neptune's rebellious daughter, mermaid Undine, who has such a bad crush that she accepts the sea witch Mydra's deal to change her tail into legs but render her deaf and end her life unless she finds true love. She becomes Nikolas's favorite playmate, but he seems determined to do his dynastic duty by wedding princely.
- DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsIvana BaqueroAriadna GilSergi LópezIn the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.
- DirectorVáclav VorlícekStarsJuraj DurdiakLibuse SafránkováVladimír MensíkThe old King (Vladimír Mensík) is not satisfied with his four children. It is high time for the Princesses to get married and for the Prince to assume the reign. Once the King sets out to the fowling and he entrusts the kingdom to the Prince Velen (Juraj Durdiak). His sisters want him to provide them with the bridegrooms. A beautiful girl Evening Star (Libuse Safránková) appears to Velen and he falls in love with her at once. Evening Star also likes Velen and therefore, for a kiss, she helps him to get married his sisters to her brothers Moonbeam, Sunbeam and Wind. After the King returns home he does not find the daughters because the bridegrooms took them right away. The angry King assigns the Prince to bring them home.
- DirectorBeeban KidronStarsSharon MaughanGideon TurnerDavid WarnerCinderella (named Zezolla) and her family live mid 20th century, where fashion is practically everything. As her father is won over by a selfish woman named Claudette, Cinderella must keep her new step-mother from murdering the only family she has left. Add in an anti-social mermaid literally living in a cave, a bored prince with an ear for rock n' roll, and the glamour of the 1950's and one'll find that this story can't grow old.
- DirectorBryan ForbesStarsSherrie HewsonJohn TurnerRosalind AyresA musical retelling of the classic tale of Cinderella. In the tiny kingdom of Euphrania, the King and his court are anxious to get Prince Edward wed. But Edward wants to marry for love.
- DirectorBodo FürneisenStarsMax BefortMira Elisa GoeresMiroslav Nemec(Bearskin Prince) Aging king Wenzel's only son and heir, prince Marius, was his father's pride and joy, but showed no interest in state matters, absorbed by fashionable flirt and idle pleasures, taking no suitable suitor serious. On a pleasure ride trough the forest, Marius is caught in the net trap of a devil. They agree that Marius will be released but can only return home is he finds true love within a limited time. Alas for him, the additional challenge is to do so while covered in live bear fur, making him appear a dangerous monstrosity. Wandering hungry, 'bear Marius' gets shot-wounded by mean widow Hedwig and her lazy son Kilian, but is hidden, fed and nursed by their constantly abused maid Elise, who falls in love with the 'bear man'.
- DirectorStefan BühlingStarsSabin TambreaHenriette ConfuriusCatherine FlemmingA servant girl falls in love with the god of the valley. The Baroness wants nothing but the gold of the god. A fight to win the lands he protects and his love.
- DirectorChristian TheedeStarsHenriette ConfuriusAndré KaczmarczykFritz KarlMaddened by grief over his late queen, King Tobald decides to wed their only daughter Lotte, the only female resembling her. Having failed to put him off by exorbitant demands, she puts on the unique cloak made of all fur types in the realm and flees over the border, carrying only her mother's three-party golden seduction kit and the king's miniaturized gifts while posing as a poor girl. King Jacob finds her while hunting and orders her into court chef Mathis' scullery. He appreciates her zeal and culinary talents, helping him put the best dishes ever before the king, who is determined to find out about the gastronomic phenomenon, yet she makes that difficult.
- DirectorIndar DzhendubaevStarsMatvey LykovMariya PoezzhaevaStanislav LyubshinIn the midst of the wedding princess Miroslava is kidnapped by a dragon and carried away into his castle on the remote island.
- DirectorUwe JansonStarsSebastian BezzelRafael GareisenLaura Maria HeidGames- and gambling-obsessed king Wilbur is all but amused when his heiress daughter Ella agrees to wed street musician Jasper, who is flushed into the dungeon for subjects who didn't let the king win, witches and alleged criminals. Ella gets a forged letter claiming Jasper change his mind, but he escapes and teams up with five other weird-gifted fellow outcasts: strong man Lukas, infallible shooter Benjamin, tornado-speedy Markus, plants witch Flora and frost-breathing Lisa. Jasper masquerades as a count to wager against the realm's never-beaten runner Theodor the princess' hand. The king keeps cheating, and his whole palace is equipped for it.
- DirectorOla SolumStarsJack FjeldstadMaria BonnevieTobias HoeslAfter his father is killed, King Valemon ascends the throne, only to be turned into a polar bear by a bitter witch who wants to be his queen. Valemon must find a bride in the seven year span that he'll be a polar bear, and so he travels to Winterland and finds a wife to take home. Although they are happy, she is not allowed to look upon his face when he turns back into a man at night. When she breaks this rule, Valemon will be trapped to the witch forever.
- DirectorJohannes NaberStarsFrederick LauHenriette ConfuriusDavid SchütterGerman tale about a man who sells his heart to a forest-dwelling warlock for money and power.
- DirectorNeil JordanStarsSarah PattersonAngela LansburyDavid WarnerA teenage girl in a country manor falls asleep while reading a magazine, and has a disturbing dream involving wolves prowling the woods below her bedroom window.
- DirectorJan SvankmajerStarsVeronika ZilkováJan HartlJaroslava KretschmerováA childless couple passes off an anthropomorphous tree stump as their baby, but things get out of hand when the monstrosity comes to life and demands to be fed.
- DirectorStefan BühlingStarsTim Oliver SchultzReiner SchöneFrida-Lovisa HamannEndres wants to be more than just a farmer's son. He wants to be able to read and write, wear clothes without holes and sleep in a proper bed. He goes to the court of the King, who is said to be the cleverest man in the land. Endres becomes his personal servant and every day after dinner brings him a mysterious golden bowl. No-one knows what the bowl contains, not even Princess Leonora. When the queen's ring goes missing, suspicion falls on Endres.
- DirectorJean CocteauRené ClémentStarsJean MaraisJosette DayMila ParélyA beautiful young woman takes her father's place as the prisoner of a mysterious beast, who wishes to marry her.
- DirectorJacques DemyStarsCatherine DeneuveJean MaraisJacques PerrinA fairy godmother helps a princess disguise and flee the kingdom so she won't have to marry the king who happens to be her father.
- DirectorFrancesco StefaniStarsChristel BodensteinCharles Hans VogtEckart DuxA brave prince wants to win the heart of a stubborn princess by finding the singing, ringing tree for her.
- DirectorCatherine BreillatStarsDominique ThomasLola CrétonDaphné BaiwirAn adaptation of the classic tale of a wealthy aristocrat with a blue beard.
- DirectorLotte ReinigerCarl KochA handsome prince rides a flying horse to faraway lands and embarks on magical adventures, which include befriending a witch, meeting Aladdin, battling demons and falling in love with a princess.
- DirectorFerdinand DiehlHermann DiehlA young girl's seven brothers have been turned into ravens, so she sets out to save them.
- DirectorSibylle TafelStarsKaroline HerfurthFlorian LukasSusanne BormannIn a tiny kingdom, a goose herd girl seizes her chance for 'revenge' on royal heiress Elisabeth whose haughty entourage once humiliated the maiden by ordering her to fetch water for a drunk the princess didn't even want. Indeed she is part of the train with magic horse Florian when the princess is sent to her betrothed, king Gustav's studly son Leopold. Thus the maiden sheds the third of the queen's blood drops shed to protect the princess and forces her, by near-drowning, to accept an identity-swap.
- DirectorMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsAnton WalbrookMarius GoringMoira ShearerA young ballet dancer is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina.
- CreatorJim HensonStarsJohn HurtBrian HensonFrederick WarderAn old storyteller tells European folk tales to his sarcastic dog.
- DirectorMark ZakharovStarsOleg YankovskiyIrina KupchenkoEvgeniy LeonovThe Wizard's magic got out of control because it touched human feelings.
- DirectorVáclav VorlícekStarsLibuse SafránkováPavel TrávnícekCarola BraunbockLife changes dramatically for a Czech housemaid when the family coachman gives her three magical hazelnuts.
- DirectorOliver DieckmannStarsLotte FlackFrançois GoeskeHannelore ElsnerRaised on a farm, energetic fearless Fynn is eager to be join uncle August in the royal castle as apprentice in the stables. He's quickly humiliated having inadvertently dared prince Eric to sword sparring, but gets discrete lessons from his surprisingly able kin. Like many high aristocrats around, Eric boldly sets out to win a princess's hand and royal crown in a century-long enchanted castle, but is fatally defeated by its impenetrable envelop of thorny vines. Having learned more from August about the curse, Fynn also has a go, but differently and with better results.
- DirectorTatsuyuki NagaiStarsInori MinaseKôki UchiyamaSora AmamiyaA young girl had her voice magically taken away so that she would never hurt people with it, but her outlook changes when she encounters music and friendship.
- DirectorBill CondonStarsEmma WatsonDan StevensLuke EvansA selfish Prince is cursed to become a monster for the rest of his life, unless he learns to fall in love with a beautiful young woman he keeps prisoner.
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsLily JamesCate BlanchettRichard MaddenWhen her father unexpectedly dies, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her scheming stepsisters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger.
- DirectorLamberto BavaStarsAlessandra MartinesMario AdorfKim Rossi StuartDuring archery in a wood Princess Fantaghiro is discovered by the hostile king's son Romualdo. He is able to take a short look at her before she can escape and immediately falls in love with the unknown beauty. When Romulado challenges her father for a duel to end the bloody war between their people Fantaghiro is send out to fight him due to a prophecy. As Romualdo sees her dressed as a man he believes to recognize his beloved. So he tries everything to discover wether she is a man or a woman and prevent the duel. Fantaghiro starts to fall in love with him, too, but her sense of duty is strong. Will love bring them together or will it end as a tragedy?
- DirectorAleksandr RouStarsGeorgiy MillyarSergey StolyarovLev PotyomkinThe younger brother from the common people intends to fight for a salvation of the exiled princess, suffering from a dark magic curse.
- DirectorAndy TennantStarsDrew BarrymoreAnjelica HustonDougray ScottThe Brothers Grimm arrive at the home of a wealthy Grande Dame who speaks of the many legends surrounding the fable of the cinder girl before telling the "true" story of her ancestor.
- DirectorMartin FricStarsFrantisek SmolíkMartin RuzekMarie KyselkováA Czech fairy tale about a princess named Lada who runs away from home in a mouse-fur disguise in order to escape an unwanted, forced marriage.
- DirectorHynek BocanStarsVladimír DlouhýOndrej VetchýJana DítetováPetr's greedy stepmother steals everything from her stepson. Meanwhile, Petr meets two daughters of a local duke. He falls in love with one of them, but she is very proud and Petr means nothing to her. The second daughter Adelka is kind and humble and falls in love with Petr. Petr meets a devil and together they decide to punish the evil ones.
- DirectorMiloslav LutherStarsAdriana TarábkováLukás VaculíkMaria SchellA fairy-tale about a beautiful but very haughty princess Anna who cruelly mocks each of her suitors. Finally she is forced by the king to marry a beggar. The poor life, hard work and love teach the princess a lesson and turn her into a loving and kind person.
- DirectorWilliam CottrellDavid HandWilfred JacksonStarsAdriana CaselottiHarry StockwellLucille La VerneExiled into the dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother, a princess is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make her part of their household.
- DirectorAleksandr RouStarsAleksandr KhvylyaNatalya SedykhEduard IzotovA fairy-tale about a conceited young man and a young woman with a tyrannical step-mother, who must overcome magical trials in order to be together.
- DirectorPil-sung YimStarsCheon Jeong-myeongEun Won-jaeShim Eun-kyungAfter meeting a mysterious girl on an dark stretch of road, a young salesman is invited to a beautiful house with bizarre secrets and no way to escape.
- DirectorSébastien LaudenbachStarsAnaïs DemoustierJérémie ElkaïmPhilippe LaudenbachIn hard times, a miller sells his daughter to the Devil. Protected by her purity, she escapes but is deprived of her hands. Walking away from her family, she encounters the goddess of water, a gentle gardener, and the prince in his castle.
- DirectorMichel OcelotStarsArlette MirapeuPhilippe CheytionYves BarsacqSix old-style funny silhouetted fairy tales for not so-old-style people.
- DirectorAnne HamiltonStarsPeyton KennedyRichard SchiffKip PardueAfter 11-year-old Gitty discovers a man who can grant wishes hiding in her family's silo, she is forced to choose between saving the man's life and protecting her family.
- DirectorWolfgang StaudteStarsThomas SchmidtJohannes MausFriedrich RichterAn old man living in an oriental city tells the story of his life to a group of kids: He too was once a young boy by the name of Little Muck - much like them, but with better manners and a heap of problems. Having lost his father at early age, little Muck is expelled from home by his greedy relatives. He wanders off into the desert hoping to find the merchant who sells good fortune. Amidst the dunes of sand he comes across a small house owned by a wicked woman and her many cats. She wants to make Little Muck her servant, but he manages to escape by stealing a pair of magic shoes which enable him to run faster than any man in the country. From there he heads right into the next set of challenges... Based on a fairy tale by Wilhelm Hauff.
- DirectorSiegfried HartmannStarsKaspar EichelKarin UgowskiUwe-Detlev JessenIn one fairy-tale kingdom, the princess stopped laughing. No one knows the cause of this sudden illness. The worried king promises half the kingdom and a daughter in marriage to the one who will make the princess at least smile.
- DirectorFielder CookStarsGeorge C. ScottTrish Van DevereVirginia McKennaA beautiful girl agrees to marry a hideous, deformed beast and live in his castle in order to save her father's life.
- DirectorBorivoj ZemanStarsJan WerichVlasta BurianIrena KacírkováA story about a king who out of three daughters preferred two: the most beautiful and the most cheerful, and the most intelligent, and even able to cook well, he kicked out, which he later bitterly regretted.
- DirectorWolfgang EisslerStarsAnna Maria MüheMaxim MehmetSunnyi MellesA young, bored king will lose his throne to his married nephew unless he weds before reaching thirty. To his mother's despair, the king has no interest in the suitors she has parading for twelve years, only caring for astronomy. A landless farmer's daughter cunningly abuses this passion to attract royal attention and successfully ask for land the family can farm. Having found a golden mortar on it, the honest father brings it to his majesty, but is jailed, suspected of holding back a golden pestle. The daughter gets him freed by winning a riddle dare, with the unsolicited extra price of became the royal fiancee. That ill-considered engagement is easily compromised by challenging the king's misrule on an absurd foal claim.
- DirectorChristiane CegavskeA handmade stop-motion fairy tale for adults that tells the tale of the struggle between the aristocratic White Mice and the rustic Creatures Who Dwell Under the Oak over the doll of their heart's desire.
- DirectorTobias WiemannStarsTim Oliver SchultzIsolda DychaukAnna ThalbachMichel knows no fear, so he sets out to learn it. He meets Princess Elisabeth and her father, a king, who live in a tent city because their castle is haunted. The king has promised Elisabeth's hand to the one who can vanquish the ghosts.
- DirectorAlexander WiedlStarsMarlene TanczikGustav SchmidtGil OfarimWhen King Ansgar's doctors declare him terminal, devoted youngest son Prince Lennart sets out to find the legendary magical cure: the water of life. Being kind to ugly forest sorceress Salwa, who appeared as a beggar, he receives cryptic instructions that prove necessary when he reaches the enchanted castle of Princess Frederike, whose court and suitors are all petrified while she's a mere ghost. Lennart solves the riddles and earns the water and they fall in love, but he must rush home. Meanwhile, his big brother Prince Falk has also set out; he hasn't found anything but bumps into Lennart and manages to steal the water and pretend he brought the cure, to convince the king to appoint him successor to the throne. Lennart can only stop him with proof, which might arrive in the person of his beloved.
- DirectorLes ClarkClyde GeronimiEric LarsonStarsMary CostaBill ShirleyEleanor AudleyAfter being snubbed by the royal family, a malevolent fairy places a curse on a princess which only a prince can break, along with the help of three good fairies.
- DirectorGary TrousdaleKirk WiseStarsPaige O'HaraRobby BensonJesse CortiA prince cursed to spend his days as a hideous monster sets out to regain his humanity by earning a young woman's love.
- DirectorKonrad PetzoldStarsDana MorávkováAlexander HöchstEberhard MelliesPrincess Aurinia goes with her maid Lisa to the castle of King Ewald, his son Ivo, to whom she is promised as a wife. On the way, Lisa forces the princess into a role reversal, her secret plan is that she herself wants to be queen.
- DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsSally HawkinsOctavia SpencerMichael ShannonAt a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.
- CreatorKatie KrentzPatrick McHaleStarsElijah WoodCollin DeanMelanie LynskeyTwo brothers find themselves lost in a mysterious land and try to find their way home.
- StarsClaire NielsonAnita WestIsla BlairA collection of folk tales and fairy stories from all over the world, based on Veronica Kruger's anthology of stories for children.
- 1997–20231h 30mPG6.2 (1.5K)TV EpisodeDirectorKathleen MarshallStarsCarol BurnettTracey UllmanDenis O'HareIn this hilarious tweaking of the fairy tale, "The Princess and the Pea", Queen Aggravain has ruled that none may marry until her son, Prince Dauntless marries. However, she has managed to sabotage every princess that come along. When Sir Harry and Lady Larken learn that they are going to be parents, wed or not, he goes off to the swamps and brings back Princess Winnifred ("Fred" to her friends). The queen is horrified and immediately begins to scheme, but Winnifred, with some help from Sir Harry, the King, and the Jester, isn't going to be quite so easy to get rid of.
- DirectorChris BuckJennifer LeeStarsKristen BellIdina MenzelJonathan GroffFearless optimist Anna teams up with rugged mountain man Kristoff and his loyal reindeer Sven in an epic journey to find Anna's sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter.
- DirectorClyde GeronimiWilfred JacksonHamilton LuskeStarsIlene WoodsJames MacDonaldEleanor AudleyWhen Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from the lovable mice Gus and Jaq and from her Fairy Godmother.
- DirectorNathan GrenoByron HowardStarsMandy MooreZachary LeviDonna MurphyThe magically long-haired Rapunzel has spent her entire life in a tower, but now that a runaway thief has stumbled upon her, she is about to discover the world for the first time, and who she really is.
- DirectorBodo FürneisenStarsSuzanne von BorsodyLuisa WietzorekJaime FerkicA beautiful girl with very long hair, living in a house with a witch, falls in love with a prince.
- DirectorWolfgang EisslerStarsCarlo LjubekInez Bjørg DavidDieter HallervordenKing Karl is desperate. His 12 daughters hold secrets from him. Every morning their dancing shoes have holes in their soles. Only Amanda's shoes don't have holes. Many princes already tried to unveil their secrets, but didn't succeed and ended at the gallows. Soldier and puppeteer Anton falls in love with Princess Amanda the first time he sees her. He isn't easily scared off and tries to get behind the princesses' secrets with help from a strange old woman.
- DirectorVáclav VorlícekStarsJirí SovákVladimír MensíkMilena DvorskáThe king Dalimil and the queen Eliska waited to see a longed-for offspring - a daughter Ruzenka. But Eliska's envious and bad sister Melánie curses her. When Ruzenka becomes 17 years old she will prick her finger and she will fall asleep for ages together with the entire kingdom.
- DirectorTerry GilliamStarsMatt DamonHeath LedgerMonica BellucciWill and Jake Grimm are traveling con-artists who encounter a genuine fairy-tale curse which requires true courage instead of their usual bogus exorcisms.
- DirectorJim HensonStarsDavid BowieJennifer ConnellyToby FroudSixteen-year-old Sarah must solve a labyrinth to rescue her baby brother when he is taken by the Goblin King.
- DirectorKarola HattopStarsSinja DieksJulia JägerAndré KaczmarczykAdaptation of the Grimm Brothers' fairy tale.
- DirectorJan BalejStarsOldrich KaiserAnezka KubátováPetr FormanEveryone's familiar with Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid, the story of a love capable of forgiving even the greatest betrayal. In Jan Balej's film - a work filled with wonderful animation, expressive puppet designs and an imaginative, shifting score from French composer Chapelier Fou - the fairy-tale romance is replaced with a bleak portrayal of life in a city harbor, yet its enduring message remains.
- DirectorWolfgang EisslerStarsOdine JohneHans-Laurin BeyerlingAndrea SawatzkiAfter Brüderchen and Schwesterchen's (German for young/dear brother/sister) mother's death, their dad finds a new wife and mother for them. But she's a witch who poisons him and reduces the siblings to slaves for her and their nasty stepsister. After an escape attempt, the witch transforms the boy into a deer. When he finally has a run in the woods, the young king's hunting party wounds it badly. By tracking his prey, the ruler discovers and falls in love with his sister. The whole family moves into the royal palace, where the witch tries new tricks.
- DirectorSibylle TafelStarsJasmin SchwiersKen DukenFelicitas WollArrogant spoiled princess Isabella of Gerania haughtily rejects all suitors, even prince Richard of Begonia, whom she liked in a previous anonymous meeting. Finally her exasperated royal father gives her hand to the first-come beggar. Richard disguises himself as such in secret, helped only by his sister Maximiliane, hoping to pull of an operation taming the shrew by making her earn her keep, but gradually despairs as her pride persists.
- DirectorSebastian GroblerStarsSonja GerhardtLiv Lisa FriesDetlev BuckAfter a peasant joins the royal army, never to return from war, his wife raises their daughters Schneeweißchen and Rosenrot as if he may return ant day and keeps telling stories how wonderful he is, having chased all dwarfs. The realm being impoverished and threatened with famine, prince Jacob convinces his father to let him sell the treasury to buy sowing-seed, but is surprised by an evil dwarf who transforms him into a bear. A gang of wandering dwarfs is tired of lacking cave or treasure, so their chief tricks one into winning some for them. He ends up at the sisters' humble homestead, but keeps getting caught with his beard -where his magic power resides- or countered by the protective spell of the rose garden. The king is meanwhile tricked by a fraudster into confiding his last gold for speculation on the stock market to the crook. The courtiers are horrified to be ordered to form a bear hunt party.
- DirectorWalter BeckStarsMarina KrogullBodo WolfRenate BlumeBefore her death, the queen mother asked the fairy that her youngest son should be loved by a girl for whom he would be the only happiness. The fairy was wise and therefore - turned the young man into a wild beast.
- DirectorRon ClementsJohn MuskerStarsAnika Noni RoseKeith DavidOprah WinfreyA waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being, but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him.
- DirectorMichael CohnStarsSigourney WeaverSam NeillGil BellowsIn this dark take on the fairy tale, the growing hatred of a noblewoman, secretly a practitioner of the dark arts, for her stepdaughter, and the witch's horrifying attempts to kill her.
- DirectorLudvík RázaStarsNatalie MinkoGudrun LandgrebeAlessandro GassmannA queen is so vain she needs the magical mirror the Black Knight forged to tell her daily she's the belle of the realm. When it adds Snowwhite, the king's heiress, has grown even more beautiful, the queen orders him and the shivering jester Andreas, who secretly loves the girl, to murder her step-daughter. However the knight fakes her death and seven dwarfs take her in at their magical mine. The dwarfs tell her various secrets, including true identities, and plot to save her, the disguised queen to murder her once the mirror betrays she's alive.