Plot

Set deep in the Appalachian mountains around 1920, an American trickster tale about a plucky young girl named Mutzmag who sets out on a journey with her two half-sisters and winds up at the cabin of a backwoods witch and ogre.

Set deep in the Appalachian mountains around 1920, Mutzmag is a live-action adaptation of an American trickster tale about a plucky young girl named Mutzmag who sets out on a journey with her two half-sisters and winds up at the cabin of two backwoods ogres. Using only a ball of string and a pocketknife, Mutzmag outwits the villains, rescues a white horse, and wins a cash reward. Mutzmag is one of only a hand full of traditional trickster tales that feature a resourceful female in the leading role.—Anonymous

Set deep in the Appalachian mountains around 1920, this American folktale is about a plucky young girl named Mutzmag. In a series of hair-raising and comical adventures, Mutzmag saves her two gullible half-sisters from two backwoods ogres. Mutzmag's mother dies early in the story, and her two teenaged sisters decide to leave their tumble-down shack and seek their fortunes elsewhere. Mutzmag tags along acting as a servant girl to her abusive siblings. The girls lose their way in the forest and end up at the cabin of a wicked witch and her giant husband who plan to kill the girls.—Tom Davenport