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Film Description
A double bill of classic, strange and surreal fairy tales from a long-running strand of East German children's films shown by the BBC throughout the 1960s under the banner of Tales from Europe: The Singing Ringing Tree and The Tinderbox.
In The Singing Ringing Tree a young prince sets out to find the Singing Ringing Tree in order to win the love of a beautiful but conceited princess. He finds it in a garden ruled by an evil dwarf, who says that the prince can have the tree on the condition that he wins the princess' love before nightfall; if he fails, he will turn into a bear.
In The Tinderbox, returning from battle, an impoverished soldier meets a witch who offers him gold in return for him recovering an old tinderbox from a hollow tree. The soldier complies, but following a quarrel with the witch makes off with both tinderbox and gold. Although his new-found wealth initially wins the soldier many friends, the money will not last for ever.
Film Information
Director - Francesco Stefani
Produced - 1957
Main Language - German / English with English subtitles
Dubbed and serialised for the BBC in the 1960’s, this beautiful, colourful, German fairytale tells the story of a Prince who wishes to win the hand of a beautiful but ... more >
Dubbed and serialised for the BBC in the 1960’s, this beautiful, colourful, German fairytale tells the story of a Prince who wishes to win the hand of a beautiful but conceited Princess. He is set the task of bringing her the mythical Singing Ringing Tree from an enchanted garden, which is guarded by an evil dwarf. The dwarf lets him take the tree, but states that the prince must win the Princesses love by nightfall, or he will turn into a bear. The Prince returns with the tree, but the spoilt Princess scorns his love, thus transforming him into a bear. In this form, he kidnaps her and takes her to the enchanted garden, where, stripped of her power and beauty, she begins to learn the error of her ways. < less
