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A storyteller shares European folk tales with viewers and with his loyal dog, and actors and puppets bring the stories to life.
Cast: John Hurt, Brian Henson
A barren peasant woman, desperately craving a child, naively says aloud that she wouldn't care what it looks like. Soon enough, she gives birth to a baby who resembles a hedgehog, much to the father's dismay and the scorn of the villagers.
24 minutes
A young man named Fearnot sets out on a quest to learn how to shiver in fright. He meets a traveling tinker called McKay who vows to lead the boy to frightening places. Still, nothing on their path manages to put the shivers into Fearnot, no matter how frightening it gets.
23 minutes
The Storyteller talks himself into a commission to tell the King a story each night for a year. On the last very day he couldn't come up with a story, and would have been boiled alive in oil for breaking the deal, if it weren't for the timely arrival of a mysterious beggar.
23 minutes
A cruel king seeks to execute a child prophesied to rule in his stead. 17 years later, the boy is sentenced to death, but ends up becoming the king's son-in-law and heir. The king has one more card to play: the boy must venture to a deadly creature's island - a place from where no one has yet returned.
23 minutes
Prince Leo learns about a giant imprisoned by the King somewhere in the castle. The boy tries to befriend the giant, but is tricked into setting him free. The other princes set out to recapture the giant, but are turned to stone. Ridden by guilt, Leo decides to seek out the giant's heart instead.
23 minutes
An honest soldier receives several gifts for being kind to 3 beggars. He uses these gifts to defeat a bunch of devils, who later grant him special powers. The soldier manages to trick Death and ensure no one dies from then on...But people are not meant to live forever.
23 minutes
A witch turns a widower-king's three young sons into ravens. The king's daughter escapes the curse, but things become difficult when she falls in love with a prince whose new stepmother is the same witch that ruined her entire family.
23 minutes
