Princes and Princesses

Jan 26, 2000

1h 10m

★ 7.7

Overview

In this episodic animated fantasy from France, an art teacher interprets a series of six fairy tales (each involving a prince or princess) with the help of two precocious students. Princes and Princesses was created using a special style of cutout animation, with black silhouetted characters performing the action against backlit backdrops in striking colors.

Genres

Drama

Animation

Fantasy

Comedy

Family

Romance

Mystery

Adventure

Production Companies

Les Armateurs

La Fabrique

Studio O

Gébéka Films

Salud Productions

CNC

Canal+

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Cast

Théo (voice) (archive footage)

Yves Barsacq

Him (voice) (archive footage)

Philippe Cheytion

Her (voice) (archive footage)

Arlette Mirapeu

Additional Voices (voice) (archive footage)

François Voisin

The merchant's daughter Constanze, begs her father to ask a lion for a favor. Her father approaches the lion who agrees to his request with one condition: that he send the first person he meets upon his return home to the lion's den. It is Constanze. Against her father's will she goes to the lion and discovers that he is an enchanged prince and that only a woman's love can release him from the spell.

7.0

Dwarf Nose

Jan 22, 1953

12-year-old Jakob helps out at his mother's vegetable stand and also carries customers' purchased goods home. One day, an old woman with a long nose comes to the stand and claims that the herbs are bad and were better 50 years ago. Jakob is upset that she holds all the herbs to her nose and crushes them: "Take it away from your long nose!" he shouts and hits her hand. "Don't you like it, my beautiful long nose?" the woman scoffs, "You should have one too, even longer than mine." Finally, she buys some cabbages, which she wants Jakob to carry home for her. Jakob resists but is persuaded by his mother. Other market women whisper whether the old woman is not the evil fairy Kräuterweis.

3.0

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The TV show "X-Treme Limit" turns into a real nightmare.

6.5

The Lightning Rod Thief

Jan 1, 1944

Winner of the grand prize at the 1946 Venice Biennale

6.9

The Secret of the Selenites

Feb 1, 1984

The film follows the adventures of Baron Munchausen, who is prompted to travel to the moon by his cousin Sirius, an astrologer convinced that it is inhabited by an ancient race called the Selenites. The Selentites incidentally possess the secret of immortality. The Baron takes up his cousin's offer and travels to the moon using a tall masted ship pulled by three hot air balloons and he is aided by his super-ability friends (who are from the prequel to this film, The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen). When they reach the moon, they are initially placed in jeopardy as their craft lands in a crater and they fall into a subterranean sea inhabited by monsters...

6.8

The Prince’s Voyage

Dec 4, 2019

The philosophical tale revolves around an elderly monkey prince who wakes up injured and disoriented in an environment he does not recognise. He navigates this new urban world with the support of a young monkey called Tom.

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0.0

Zázračná láska

Jan 1, 1996

No overview available.

6.0

Trouble for Two

May 29, 1936

A decadent prince unhappy over an impending arranged marriage, looking for a good time in London discovers the existence of a secret society called The Suicide Club, and so he seeks to become a member.

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0.0

Night of the Werewolves

Jan 1, 2025

A woman is attacked by a werewolf and soon other cases are being reported around the world. A compilation of several short films (Hairy (2022), Keshin (2020), Road Trash (2019), Sanguinary (2023) and Wolf Juice (2022))

3.2

Boys On Film 19: No Ordinary Boy

Feb 18, 2019

As Boys On Film reaches the end of its teenage years, we take a look at those unique boys who go one step further, who excite, invigorate, and always impress, who break boundaries, shape their worlds and are more than what they appear. Volume 19: No Ordinary Boy includes ten complete films: Scott T. Hinson's "Michael Joseph Jason John" also starring Eric Robledo; Abhishek Verma's animated "The Fish Curry"; Ben Allen's "Blood Out Of A Stone" starring Alex Austin and Oisín Stack; David Färdmar's "No More We" starring Jonathan Andersson and Björn Elgerd; Jannik Splidsboel's "Between Here & Now" starring Francesco Martino and Peder Bille; Amrou Al-Kadhi's "Run(a)way Arab" also starring Ahd and Omar Labek; Dean Loxton's "Meatoo" starring Calum Speed and Warren Rusher; Jake Graf's "Dusk" starring Elliott Sailors, Sue Moore, and Duncan James; Leon Lopez's "Jermaine & Elsie" starring Marji Campi and Ashley Campbell; and Marco Alessi's "Four Quartets" with Laurie Kynaston.

5.7

Kingdom in the Clouds

Jun 6, 1968

A young man's quest for a kingdom promising eternal youth and immortality. To reach his goal he must fulfill the three wishes of the Emperor's daughter, retrieve three golden objects, answer three riddles set by the Lord of Time, and overcome an evil witch and escape the Kingdom of Lies ruled by an evil Emperor and the young man's nemesis, the Prince of Lies. In return for good deeds along the way, he is given a magical horn and feather to aid him in his quest and is served by a flying horse, All this before he can finally enter the Kingdom of Youth without Old Age and Life without Death and marry the Emperor's daughter.

7.0

Short Cuts: Pale Rider

Aug 24, 2017

Animated evocation of Clint Eastwood's film.

7.0

Les escargots de Joseph

Jun 9, 2009

No overview available.

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0.0

Treasury of Children's Stories

Dec 1, 1996

A trio of stars read stories for kids.

6.9

In the Blue Sea, in the White Foam...

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Musical fantasy based on Armenian fairy tales.

3.3

The Yellow Stork

Apr 8, 1950

The film is based on an ancient Chinese fairy tale about the simple people of China who despite of heavy work and oppression, did not lose belief in life and love to freedom

4.2

Frisky Business

Mar 3, 2023

An anxious young drag queen searches for a way out before a revealing news story hits the airwaves, two silent strangers wander out into the night in a city under curfew, and a lively summer camp seeks to rid the youths of America of their sinful heterosexual desires. A defiant collection of shorts exploring passion, persecution and revolt from eras past, present and future. The 5 short films are: AYOR (2021); All the Way (2018); Lost Queens [Locas perdidas] (2015); Gay Camp (2018); Undercurrent [宵禁] (2020).

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