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On this naive and awkwardly narrated fairy tale it is remarkable that it also established the tradition of fairy tale stories in Slovakia. A certain refinement is the framing of the whole story with a puppet show that moves into the played scenes. The film carries out a folk tale of a stupid castle lord who lives in a ruined castle, a fraudulent painter and a lazy shepherd.
Aspiring model Kathy can't seem to get a break. The tide finally turns in her favour after Kathy meets the devil, who gives her a pair of magical gold shoes that enable Kathy to achieve her goal of becoming a famous and successful model. However, said deal with the devil comes at a significant spiritual price.
Rita Landre plays a witch who casts spells to make anyone she wants disappear. She also makes her own clothes disappear.
A character from a musical film falls into the real world in this short, predating similar films by Woody Allen (The Purple Rose of Cairo) and Wojciech Marczewski (Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema).
This film opens with a scene inside of Santa's space station which orbits the Earth. First, Santa checks on all of the boys and girls to see who has been naughty and who has been nice with the help of his behavior computer. Next, Santa checks on his elves to make sure they are making the Christmas presents that he will be delivering to the children. He is dismayed to find that his elves are not making the presents but are instead fighting among themselves. It is a race against time as Santa travels to Earth and then tries to persuade the elves to make the presents which must be finished before Christmas which is only days away! Will Santa succeed in persuading the elves to make the presents on time?
When Maharaja Ajay Singh goes missing, his right hand man Sher Singh takes over the kingdom and makes a claim on the princess. The princess flees and is taken in by a muscular cave dweller named Raja. Together they find that the maharaja is being held prisoner by a demon in the magic cave.
A re-edit of the 1968 Agon miniseries created by screenwriter Shinichi Sekizawa, who wrote the majority of the original Showa Godzilla films. It was released by Toho Video in the 1980's and on DVD in 2005.
Thirumal Perumai tells three spell-bounding stories about how far you can get with Lord Vishnus
A tender and realistic story of a scientist who falls in love with a mummy he has restored to life.
Film based on the ballet 'Coppelia.' This version is completely silent, not containing the songs/narration, or animation of the later reworking, Mysterious House of Dr. C.
The second film adaptation of the Filipino superhero Captain Barbell, in which the titular hero faces off against the villainous Captain Bakal.
The original TV production of the fairy tale by M. Rázusová-Martáková.
On a desert island, a young engineer lives like Robinson Crusoe, with his dog called Cuma. One day, a dream woman appears. They make love, but the women is afraid of something unknown. The young man is mesmerized, but by the time they confess they are in love, some strangers kidnap her.
“ONAN is a work about desire (masturbation) which has no object but itself. The appearance of the large egg objectifies the man's desires. After colliding with the other (a girl), the hero falls down while still holding the egg, thus caricaturing the desire of the hero.” —Takahiko Iimura (takaiimura.com)
The Magical World of K. Gordon Murray Presents All of the Famous FAIRY TALE CHARACTERS
Short musical based upon a choreography by Pierre Lacotte.
In this tale based on a Brothers Grimm story, Prince Alfred searches for an enchanted castle that holds a magic fountain whose waters can cure his seriously ill father, the king. His two evil brothers are determined to stop him so they can have the kingdom for themselves when their father dies. A magic dwarf hears of Prince Alfred's plight and sets out to help him.
In order to buy rice cakes for New Year's, Grandpa went out in the snowy weather to sell the umbrellas. On his way home without selling any, he found a Jizo and covered him with a umbrella. That night, while Grandpa and Grandma were sleeping, they heard something singing.
Gregor Samsa tries to get up to go to work, but realizes that during the night he has turned into a gigantic insect. Venezuelan adaptation based on Jorge Luis Borges' translation of Franz Kafka's novel.
Originally, it was to be a serious look at Westerner's influenced by Eastern trends. As it developed, however it became much more humorous with characters in yoga positions with high heels and smoking cigarettes at the same time.
Hans was making bread and North Wind was blowing all the flour out of his bowl. He decides to visit the North Wind in his castle to ask him to stop and for compensation. Based on a Norwegian fable...
Shahr-e ghesse is perhaps the most popular of all Persian plays, was written in traditional rhythmic style that resulted in a kind of musical drama. Although it seems at first glance to have been written for children, its main audience, it is in fact a parable about contemporary socio political issues.
Pracuna rules the Kingdom of Pringgodani, and is so powerful that he demands a goddess from nirvana named Dewi Supraba to be his wife. The gods have no choice but to agree to his request. Supraba then comes down to Pringgodani to trick Pracuna. When Pracuna realizes this, he is furious and threatens to invade nirvana. The gods need to find a new champion and they nominate Gatotkaca, the son of Bima (of the Pandawa clan), whose mother is Arimbi, Pracuna’s daughter.
Experimental short feature about "Chimichimitos", little gnomes in Venezuela that dance to the sound of drums. It was awarded with the Silver Bear for Best Short Film at the 1961 Berlin International Film Festival.
Impressions of the lights of Christmas as they transform a winter's night. The myriad lights of a city seen through frost-sparkling air, the wonder on children's faces, the lyrical music of harp, celesta and flute--all combine to create the nostalgic mood of Christmas.
About the friendship between a Western tourist and a coachman from Morocco.
A shortened, sixty-minute version of Der Golem, re-edited for US release and featuring a score by Cordula Heth.
Fantasy about a sailor and a mermaid using an animated paper sculpture.
A man living the wanton life in the city of São João del-Rei repents from his sins after a supernatural encounter, directed by Sergio Ratton
In her desire to rule the world with black magic, Maya, the Queen of Mayanagari, enlists the aid of her brother, Nagraj, to conquer the kingdom of Roopnagar. Nagraj, who is the vizier of Roopnager schemes to remove the princess Rupmati by killing her while she is on a hunt. The plan is foiled when a woodcutter named Bahadur (Hercules) intervenes and saves Rupmati from Nagraj’s curse by using his brute strength and a powerful talisman. Bahadur is hired by Nagraj to be a tax collector and is sent to Mayanagari where the queen awaits her chance to kill him with an exploding volcano and a horrible demon. In the meantime, Nagraj captures the princess and hides her away in a magic cave.
Cheap exploitation flick
The film was adapted from "Lian suo" the novel from the famous collection of short tales "Liao Zhai Zhi Yi" or "Strange tales collection".
A commuter reading on a train falls asleep and is transported to a fantasy world where he learns about the manufacture of various alcohols.
After studying magic with a hermit, Preah Thinavong returns to his palace. On the way home, he transformed himself into a leper in order to incite the pity of Princess Neang Pov, the daughter of the king of Borey Champa. The princess pitied the leper so much that she gave him her scarf. Her older sisters assumed that she had a lover and convinced her father to dismiss her from the palace…
The story of a noble man connected between the real world and the fantasy world tells of Prince Indra Panca Sakti dreaming of meeting seven princesses and intending to go on a quest for those with charming beauty and beauty. He also promised not to return to the Shah Alam Palace as long as he could not bring his seven daughters back to be his wife. Beginning with the story of a battle between two Prince Mambang, Mambang Aduka and Mambang Arjuna with Jin Afrit Mata One, the King of Kayangan, the father of seven goddesses decides to throw his seven children to the earth and swears to be pomegranates. The element of love between families is inserted when a sacred pomegranate is met by a woman who has long been married, but is not bestowed with her eyes. She ate the pomegranate finally conceived and gave birth to seven daughters.
This film is based on the engravings of Hristofor Žefarović, an 18th-century painter, engraver, writer and poet. He was exclusively engaged in copper engraving and book illustration after 1740. he engraved copper plates for his books, and printed them in the "etching-typographical workshop" of his collaborator Thomas Mesmer in Vienna. His engraving was of great cultural-historical importance to the Baroque art of the time. His style of 'bright cut' engraving was thoroughly masterly and original, specializing in the higher branches -- engraving for printing -- of the engraver's art.
A Cow sings a lullaby to her son B.B. She manages to make him sleep, but also does Tobalito the dog. He dreams that he reaches the Moon, accompanied by Lucero the bull, and has a distressing nightmare.
Hyouman (豹（ひょう）マン, Hyō Man, "Leopard-Man") is an unaired tokusatsu TV pilot produced by P-Productions in 1967. It is an alternative pitch to Jaguarman.