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- DirectorGennadiy KazanskiyStarsValeri NikitenkoElena ProklovaVyacheslav TsyupaAn adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Snow Queen".
- DirectorHans KratzertStarsRolf HoppePeter AustHerbert KöferHans Röckle, a cheerful, skillful puppeteer and inventor, returns to his native village after a long wandering. One day, the Devil comes to his house to get the soul and talent of the master.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsLutz MoikHanna RuckerPaul BildtPeter Munk, a poor charcoal burner, lives with his mother in The Black Forest. Poverty prevents him from marrying Lisbeth, the girl he loves. When he comes across the Little Glass Man, the good spirit of the forest, the young man asks him for assistance. His wish is granted and he becomes rich. But the fool soon loses all his money after gambling at the inn. In desperation, he asks Dutch Michael, the evil spirit of the forest, to help him to become rich again. The mean giant agrees and gives Peter all the riches in the world, but on one condition: the young man will exchange his heart for a cold stone. He can now marry Lisbeth but can a heart of ice make you and the others happy...?
- 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.
- DirectorViktor MakarovAleksandr RouStarsGeorgiy MillyarAleksei SmirnovRaisa RyazanovaThe mother is looking for the kidnapped children whom Baba Yaga has turned into fallow deer. The last work of director Aleksandr Rou.
- 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.
- DirectorJuraj JakubiskoStarsGiulietta MasinaPetra VancíkováTobias HoeslThe Feather Fairy lives in the sky and gives snow to the people. She lives with a boy called Jakob, who one day ventures into the human world and falls for a peasant girl.
- DirectorAleksandr RouStarsMikhail PugovkinGeorgiy MillyarAnatoliy KubatskiyA Czar who attempts to trick a creature that demands tribute from him into taking a fisherman's baby instead of his newborn heir. Complications arise when the daughter of the creature, Barbara, requests a human suitor to find true love.
- DirectorErich KoblerStarsFranz EsselOtto MächtlingerMonika GrevingBergriese Rübezahl lives in the Riesengebirge. For 999 years he has not been seen among the people who live in a nearby valley. Bitter about their badness, he doesn't want to have anything to do with them anymore and has therefore retreated into the interior of the mighty mountain.
- DirectorVáclav VorlícekStarsMahulena BocanováTina RulandRudolf HrusínskýAn 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.
- DirectorSiegfried HartmannStarsRolf LudwigHeinz SchubertRolf DefrankThere lived a soldier. He served the king and is now returning home. Once he met an old witch on the way, who promised him mountains of money in exchange for the fact that he would get her an old tinderbox.
- DirectorAleksandr RouStarsNatalya SedykhAleksei KatyshevGeorgiy MillyarOne day, Vasya journeys into the forest to meet his beloved Alyonushka, only to have her forcibly whisked away by the wretched Kashchej. To save her, Vasya must face a number of fabulous, archetypal tests.
- DirectorAleksandr PtushkoStarsBoris AndreyevShukur BurkhanovAndrei AbrikosovA mythical knight goes on an epic journey and fights barbarian hordes in an ancient land.
- DirectorGötz FriedrichStarsBlanche KommerellHelga RaumerHorst KubeOnce upon a time there was a little girl named Rotkaeppchen. She lived with her father and mother at the edge of a village, and often visited her grandmother on the other side of the woods. Her rabbit friend, Haeschen, lives with Grandmother and was sent one day to fetch medicine and milk from Rotaeppchen and her mother. Although her mother was reluctant to allow her to visit Grandmother alone, Rotkaeppchen convinces her that she will be safe with Haeschen. Together they set out through the woods. Unfortunately, there were many distractions in the woods: mushrooms to pick and Rotkaeppchen's other playmate, the bear. There are also the dangerous fox and wolf, who plotted to capture Rotkaeppchen and eat her. Haeschen did his best to keep them safe, but he could not prevent the wolf from eating Grandmother . . . and also Rotkaeppchen! Who will save them? The DEFA version of Rotkaeppchen differs from the Grimms' version in some minor areas: the mother plays a greater role in the film; DEFA has the father save the day, rather than the huntsman; the wolf does not die at the end, though he is carried away by the family; the second encounter with the wolf at the end of the original tale is left out; and a few animal characters are added (Haeschen, Baer, and das Eichhoernchen). All the animals (other than the Eichhoernchen) are played by people in animal costumes, and Jochen Bley as Haeschen was the big hit with critics and viewers alike. Both warmly and critically received by the press upon its release, Rotkaeppchen followed closely on the heels of the very successful Schneewittchen; hence, in some cases, the disappointment. Many reviews cited Goetz Friedrich's background in theater (both in positive and negative interpretations) to explain the spare, two-dimensional feel of the set. Yet nearly all commented positively on the color and interesting characters, and the Progress press materials summed up the morals for the viewers to learn: "Do what you are told, but act independently when it is necessary; never leave the path, especially the path that your friends have marked with love and experience; be brave, fight against evil, help your friends." Since its release, Rotkaeppchen has become one of the most popular DEFA fairy tale films.
- DirectorBoris RytsarevStarsBoris BystrovDodo ChogovadzeAndrey FaytA poor young man accidentally becomes the master of a wish-granting genie. A colorful tale of magic and love.
- DirectorLudvík RázaStarsTomás ValíkFritz BachschmidtMatthias HabichWith the help of a mysterious man, a young vagabond tries to win the heart of an enchanted princess.
- DirectorAleksandr RouStarsNinel MyshkovaViktor PerevalovAnatoliy KubatskiyAn old soldier helps a young boy find his mother, who's been kidnapped to the magical underwater kingdom in a remote Russian lake.
- DirectorHelmut SpießStarsKurt SchmidtchenChristel BodensteinHorst DrindaScreen version of the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm "The Brave Little Tailor"
- DirectorGunars PiesisStarsRonalds NeilandsDace GasiunaDzintra KletnieceLittlefinger (Spriditis) is having a hard time living with the evil stepmother and despite his grandmother's and Lienite's attempts to dissuade him, he goes out into the world to find happiness.
- 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.
- DirectorJuraj HerzStarsIris BerbenMichael DegenLinda RybováWhen a moody royal Prince's party of court brats pulls a few pranks too many in the woods, a mean fairy lays a cruel spell. She turns one into a frog, who can only become human again by a loving kiss. This alters several lives through relationships, some of dynastic relevance.
- DirectorZdenek ZelenkaStarsAndrea ElsnerováIvan HoraJirina BohdalováKing Valentin and his queen desire to marry off their heir, the beautiful young prince Hubertus, and use a trick to determine which suitors are true princesses: they may not be able sleep without bruising on top of a single pea, even under a pile of bedding. Meanwhile prince Hubert has secretly lost his heart to goat-herd Maria, a ruffian farmer's step-daughter, who isn't supposed to marry ever. The queen finds out and decides to help her beloved son, using the magic of Rumplcimprcampr (Chzech for Rumpelstiltskin), who can help Maria by spinning gold from straw to buy the king's blessing. Some time after the royal wedding, the magician comes to collect on her promise that he may take his pick: he demands the nearly one year-old firstborn prince and heir, to become his successor, unless his secret name Rumplcimprcampr is guessed right within a day...
- DirectorWalter BeckStarsJana MattukatJens-Uwe BogadtkePeter SodannFairytale in which a princess fails to keep her promises and is taught a lesson.
- DirectorMiloslav LutherStarsVladimír HajduRémi MartinLara LambertiA Brothers Grimm's fairy-tale - Faithful Jan and Maiden Mahulena. The adventure fairy-tale about the brave prince wandering and his faithful butler Jan.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorAleksandr RouStarsMariya BarabanovaAnatoliy KubatskiyVyacheslav ZharikovGirl Luba had a dream. She, the daughter of a chess king in a fairyland, became the victim of a cunning political conspiracy of two cards - the Peak Jack Krivello and the Cross Dame Dvuliche.
- DirectorUrsula SchmengerStarsCox HabbemaBrigitte HeinrichIngolf GorgesThe Germanic pagan deity, 'The Rainmaiden' has fallen asleep, causing widespread drought and poverty. A young couple, Andreas and Maren must trick an old goblin into leading them to the magic garden of 'The Rainmaiden' and wake her up.
- 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.
- DirectorElisabeta BostanNicolae CodrescuStarsCarmen StanescuEmanoil PetrutAnna SzélesA young man's quest for a kingdom promising eternal youth and immortality. To reach his goal he must fulfill the three wishes of the Emperor's daughter, retrieve three golden objects and answer three riddles set by the Lord of Time