Thumbelina (1994 film)
Thumbelina (Original Title: Thumbelina ) is an American animated film from 1994, which was directed by director Don Bluth. The template is the fairy tale Thumbelina by Hans Christian Andersen. The interpretation is based relatively close to the original tale, although some minor changes have been made ( as learned, for example, Thumbelina the Prince only at the end of their journey to know and frogs and beetles were Thumbelina fall, after they realized that the girl did not suit them ).
Action
The story is told of Jacquimo, a swallow, which is fond of complicated love stories. It starts with a good fairy who gives a seed of a woman. For this seed is a beautiful flower, from a tiny girl " slips " and so fulfilled the long-cherished desire to have children of the woman. The girl is called Thumbelina because it is no bigger than a thumb.
One night she meets the Feenprinzen Cornelius know who has become aware of them through their singing. They fall in love.
On the same night Thumbelina but is then kidnapped by the Fröschin Cassandra that she wants in her singing troupe and also demands of Thumbelina to marry her son goby. When the frogs Thumbelina let alone short, it can escape with the help of Jacquimo on a lily pad. After a few more turbulence decides Thumbelina, to make their way home.
Meanwhile begs Cornelius, who has learned of the kidnapping, his parents to stop the winter and goes in search of his beloved.
Thumbelina meets while on Charles the beetle, which is also an admirer of her beautiful voice. He, too, she flees, noted, however, that it has become winter and crawls under an old shoe. Here she is found of Frieda field mouse that they takes home with Master and Mole, a mole imagines. Again, this is Thumbelina expire immediately and want to marry her. Thumbelina, who believes that her lover had died, finally agrees. Besides working goby the frog and Karl together the beetle and bring the prince in their power, who has fallen in his search into a pond and was frozen. As the two leave the Prince in his icy prison alone, it will find some friendly minded insects and thaw him.
Karl and goby are now on the way to Däumelines wedding. This has changed her shortly before the altar differently because she can not forget Cornelius and escapes once again. She manages to reach the earth's surface, where it meets Jacquimo, who has since found the valley of the fairies, and they now want to take you there. The Prince emerged supplies, meanwhile, still a fight with goby, he also wins and does well on the way to the valley.
The two lovers meet there finally together again and Thumbelina can finally marry the man of her dreams. Finally, she even gets her own wings.
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Criticism
"What a shame! One-dimensional characters wade through sweet Barry Manilow songs. - Sticky sugared classic fairy tales "
Prices
- Golden Raspberry for Worst Original Song ( " Marry the Mole" )