Many, many years ago, there lived a miller with his beautiful daughter. He lied to his king, telling him that she could spin straw into gold. The young woman was immediately taken to the king's castle and told that she must spin the straw into gold by the next day or she would die! After the door closed behind her, a little man entered during the night, who was skilled in the art she had been praised for...
Paul Walker
Rumpelstilzchen
Hermann Schröder
Müller
Otto Bredow
König
Jutta von Alpen
Page
Kurt Lauermann
Schatzkanzler
Many, many years ago, there lived a miller with his beautiful daughter. He lied to his king, telling him that she could spin straw into gold. The young woman was immediately taken to the king's castle and told that she must spin the straw into gold by the next day or she would die! After the door closed behind her, a little man entered during the night, who was skilled in the art she had been praised for...
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On Christmas Eve, a little girl named Marie falls asleep and dreams herself into a fantastic world in which her toys become larger than life. She meets up with the Nutcracker Prince who takes her on a journey to his kingdom and defends her from the Mouse King.
In Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland, populated by even more fantastic characters.
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