Fairy Tale Movies

A fairy tale in which the devil can make hell for people on earth, but is powerless against common sense.

When eight sailors onboard their fishing trawler find a mysterious girl mid-sea, ill fortune falls upon the boat as they don't catch any fish the...

An orphan girl lives with apparently kind uncle who turns out to be a murderer.

In the royal castle lives a haughty, parading and domineering princess. She torments the servants and perhaps would still be tormenting them with her...

One day Little Red Cap’s mother tells her that her grandmother is sick, and sends her to her house to bring her a piece of cake, a bottle of...

A vain emperor is constantly preoccupied with his appearance. Three swindlers promise to make him extraordinary clothes that can only be seen by...

The story of the clever Princess Diana, who longs to know true love and faces many obstacles, aims to captivate audiences of all generations. Diana...

The first partly colored German fairy tale film directed by Fritz Genschow. The film has a frame story shot in black and white and a middle section...

A princess falls in love with a musician and separates from her husband, for which she is separated from her daughter Eliza and expelled from home....

One day, Fortune and Worry come to town. Fortune leaves her magical cloak in the local inn, saying that it fulfills every wish to those who wear it....

The widow has an ugly and lazy daughter, Pechmarie, and a beautiful and hard-working step-daughter, Goldmarie. Because Pechmarie is her real...

A short melodrama based on Hans Christian Andersen's harrowing tale. A poor little girl tries to sell matchsticks in the freezing December cold. She...

Princess Snow White tries in vain to win the favor of the queen. The queen is too preoccupied with her beauty and regularly checks in the magic...

Marionette puppet version of the tale about a little man who grants a miller's daughter the gift of spinning straw into gold.

On the advice of his chief counsel Julius, old Lord Gundolf offers the throne to whichever of his sons brings him the finest carpet. He blows three...

The story of royal twins and their different personalities. Is the person who thinks primarily of themselves happy, or can we only find true...

Lotte Reiniger's earliest preserved fairytale film based on a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen.