• 1987
  • TV-Y7
  • 24m
The Storyteller

Summary An old storyteller tells European folk tales to his sarcastic dog. View more details

  • 1987
  • TV-Y7
  • 24m

The Storyteller

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : John Hurt Brian Henson Frederick Warder David Greenaway

All cast & crew

8.8

Details

Genres : Adventure Fantasy Horror Drama Family

Release date : Jan 30, 1987

Countries of origin : United States United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Production companies : TVS Television Henson Associates (HA)

Summary An old storyteller tells European folk tales to his sarcastic dog. View more details

Details

Genres : Adventure Fantasy Horror Drama Family

Release date : Jan 30, 1987

Countries of origin : United States United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Production companies : TVS Television Henson Associates (HA)

Photos

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Jun 11, 1988
Hans My Hedgehog
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.
Episode 2 • May 21, 1988
Fearnot
A carefree, absent-minded boy who is never scared goes on a strange journey to discover fear.
Episode 3 • Jun 04, 1988
A Story Short
The Storyteller recounts the time he was caught making a fool of the royal cook and, as punishment meted out by the King, must tell one story a day for a year. All goes well until the very last day when he suffers from storyteller's block.
Episode 4 • May 28, 1988
The Luck Child
Seeking to avert a prophecy which foretells of a seventh son someday supplanting the current king, the unscrupulous monarch seeks out this luck child and attempts to do away with him. But those blessed with luck cannot be undone.
Episode 5 • May 14, 1988
The Soldier and Death
Because of kind acts toward three beggars, an honest soldier returning from war is given a magical sack, an unbeatable deck of cards, a ruby whistle and a comparable dance, which he uses to save a kingdom and to foil Death.
Episode 6 • Jun 18, 1988
The Three Ravens
A witch weds a widowed king. Finding that his children pose a threat to her, she transforms the three boys into ravens. The girl escapes but is told she must remain silent for three years, or the boys will be trapped in raven form forever.
Episode 7 • Jun 25, 1988
Sapsorrow
A beautiful princess seeking to escape an arranged marriage, flees to a distant kingdom and disguises herself as a loathsome hag. But then she falls in love with the new kingdom's prince.
Episode 8 • Jul 02, 1988
The Heartless Giant
On the whole, giants are benign creatures, harmless to none, unless of course the giant hasn't a heart. A curious prince is fooled into freeing one such heartless giant from the king's dungeon.
Episode 9 • Jul 09, 1988
The True Bride
A white lion comes to the aid of a girl being held under the cruel care of a troll.

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