Top-rated
1998
Gerta's grandmother tells Gerta and Kai about the Snow Queen. Offended by Kai's bragging, the Snow Queen hardens his heart and then lures him to her snowy palace. Gerta tries to find the palace, but is waylaid at one place after another. As she continues to search for Kai, the Snow Queen uses winter to keep Gerta from reaching Kai before the first winter storm.
Top-rated
1998
King Henry's new wife turns his 11 sons into swans and his daughter Eliza into a beggar girl, then erases his children from his memory. Her brothers take her to a distant land where they will all live. Eliza must make shirts out of stinging nettles for each of her brothers without ever speaking, in order to free them from the wicked queen's spell. Meanwhile, the king of their new home sees Eliza and falls in love with her.
Top-rated
1998
Ivan catches beautiful white mare with golden mane. In return for freedom she gives him 2 horses and one little humpbacked pony. The beauty of 2 horses gets Ivan a job at czar's stables. But when Ivan finds a feather of a paradise bird the czar sends the boy to complete 3 tasks. Luckily for Ivan his wise pony is always at his side to help him.
Top-rated
1998
The Twelve Months: On the last day of the old year, an old man tells orphan Christina about the unhappy girl queen. Spoiled by her power, she commands winter to leave and her subjects to bring her flowers. Christina's cruel guardian commands her to go to the cold forest in a snowstorm to find the flowers. She meets the Twelve Months in a forest, and April causes snowdrops to grow for her to pick, and gives her a ring so she can call for their help if needed. When she refuses to show the Queen the Twelve Months' hidden lake, the Queen casts away Christina's ring, and the Twelve Months help the queen see her behavior was wrong. The Snow Girl: An childless elderly couple made a little girl out of snow and magic.
Top-rated
1998
This version differs from the traditional story but still featuring Tchaikovsky's classic music as well as an original score. Marie is a servant girl, not one of the well-off children eagerly receiving gifts on Christmas Eve. She finds the broken nutcracker, Nathaniel, who comes to life when she kisses him and tells her how the wicked mouse queen enchanted him as a nutcracker. Marie is the heroine of the battle between the nutcracker prince and the mouse king. The triumphant prince is restored to his normal form and takes Marie to his magical kingdom.
Top-rated
1998
Czar Saltan, following a haunting melody, finds three young women and married the pure-hearted youngest. While the czar is off at war, his queen gives birth to a son, but her jealous guardian and sisters fake a message ordering that they be killed at sea. The baby grows up overnight, and they land on a barren island that a swan turns into a city for the prince to rule. When the prince denounces his father, the swan turns him into an insect so he can travel to his country and see his father. As he hears of wonders at his father's court, he asks the swan for them to try to impress his father.
Top-rated
1998
An aged ruler wants to end the attacks his kingdom is now suffering. A magician offers a golden rooster that will warn of attack, and the czar promises whatever the magician wants in return. After several true warnings, the czar sends his sons, one after another, to the next threat. When they do not return, the czar follows them and finds a beautiful princess who intends to take his kingdom. He brings her back to the capital to make her his bride. But when the magician returns and demands the princess as his bride, the czar refuses, ceasing to be a king who keeps his word.