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- 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.
- DirectorGottfried KolditzStarsMathilde DaneggerKarin UgowskiKatharina LindOnce upon a time there was a widow who had two daughters: one was her own, the other was a stepdaughter. The eldest relative was ugly and lazy, and the youngest was beautiful and hardworking.
- 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.
- 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...?
- DirectorChristoph EngelStarsKarl-Heinz RothinKarin LeschReinhard MichalkeOnce upon a time, there lived a lazy miller who spent all his time drinking wine and telling stories. When the king's treasurer comes to him with a demand to pay the tax, the miller lies that his daughter Marie can spin gold from straw.
- DirectorVáclav VorlícekStarsLibuse SafránkováPavel TrávnícekCarola BraunbockLife changes dramatically for a Czech housemaid when the family coachman gives her three magical hazelnuts.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorHelmut SpießStarsKurt SchmidtchenChristel BodensteinHorst DrindaScreen version of the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm "The Brave Little Tailor"
- DirectorGottfried KolditzStarsDoris WeikowMarianne Christina SchillingWolf-Dieter PanseHated by her jealous and bloodthirsty stepmother, Snow White flees a murder attempt and seeks shelter in the woods with seven kindly dwarfs. Feeling she is safe from harm, Snow White welcomes the disguised queen into her home...with fatal consequences.
- 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
- 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.
- DirectorWalter BeckStarsKarin UgowskiManfred KrugMartin FlörchingerTale of the capricious princess. Adapting the Tales of the Brothers Grimm "King Thrushbeard".
- DirectorHerbert BallmannStarsEva KotthausHans-Peter MinettiWilly A. KleinauAccording to a legend from the Harz region, sometime in the Middle Ages the brutal, greedy owner of the windmill farm set fire to a forest mill together with the castle bailiff and the village schoolmaster. Disguised as devils, they had set to work on a stormy night and stolen even the last flour from the forest mill. From then on, the farmers are forced to have the grain ground by the evil millman, especially since he spreads the rumor that the forest mill is bewitched. Anne, who works on his farm, discovers the stolen sacks and thus gets on the trail of the crime.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorEgon SchlegelStarsHans-Joachim FrankDieter FrankeRolf LudwigAdaptation of Grimm's fairy tale "Der Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren"
- DirectorUrsula SchmengerStarsSylvia WolffDirk SchoedonRenate BlumeRapunzel lives alone in the woods, in a tower with no doors. Then, one day, a mysterious stranger comes for a visit.
- DirectorPeter PodehlStarsHelmo KindermannHarriet GeßnerJürgen von AltenMother Goat and her seven children live in a tree in the woods. At school the kids are warned by their teacher to beware of the "big bad wolf", who loves to eat little goats. One day when their mother leaves the tree to do some errands, the wolf shows up, sees seven tasty little morsels up in the tree and sets out to use every trick he knows he make them his next meal.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorAntonín MoskalykStarsLibuse SafránkováPavel TrávnícekLudek MunzarOnce upon a time there was a prince, Jaroslav, whose two other brothers had fallen in love with a beautiful yet mysterious princess from a painting. His brothers had gone far away to seek her, however they never came back from their journey. And so the third prince went on a journey himself to find his brothers and came to a kingdom near the Diamond Mountain. There he found the beautiful princess and also his enchanted brothers. To break the spell, the prince is to succeed in the accomplishment of three difficult tasks. Will he succeed ?
- DirectorGennadiy KazanskiyStarsValeri NikitenkoElena ProklovaVyacheslav TsyupaAn adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Snow Queen".
- 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.
- 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 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.