A merchant's son has lost all the wealth he inherited from his father. All he has left is a magic bag that can fly. With the bag he travels to Baghdad with his mouse friend.
The Emperor of China loves the nightingale's song above all else. When he is given an artificial nightingale that sings on command, he banishes the real one.
When his artificial nightingale breaks, the emperor becomes very ill from grief. The little servant Ming Ming and her fisherman friend bring the real nightingale back to him.
Two china dolls, the little shepherdess Ellen and chimney sweep Chris, fall in love with each other. But the shepherdess is promised to a satyr painted on a cupboard.
Against her parents' wishes, a princess falls in love with the poor soldier Hans, whom she saw in a dream. Hans gets a tinderbox from a mysterious cave for a witch and gets a treasure of gold.
Hans finds out that with the magical powers of the tinderbox, he can get the three monstrous dogs in the cave to help him marry the beautiful princess.
A little newspaper boy admires the notorious gangster Capo Capo and wants to be like him. But the gangster's shadow intervenes to prevent Capo Capo from being a bad influence on the child.
A dirty spinning top ends up in a child's room and falls unrequited in love with Betty the ball. One day Betty mysteriously disappears, while the toy top is repainted and takes her place as the favorite toy.
Helga is now 15 years old and is beautiful as her mother. But the princess is still under the curse of the evil Swamp King. One day her foster father the Viking king, brings home a foreign prisoner: Prince Arsid.
The Swamp King wants to uncover Helga's secret, thinking that Prince Arsid, who has fallen in love with Helga, will turn away from her. But the evil plan doesn't work. The prince realizes that Helga is under a curse and tries to free her.
An evil, self-proclaimed bishop exerts a reign of terror: he robs the villages and steals a golden bell. Little Jens' father is killed and the boy vows to avenge him.
The ghost of Jens' father appears to him in a vision and advises him not to fight the evil bishop alone. He persuades Jens to ask the residents of a fishing village for help.
The little mermaid gives her voice to the sea witch to be transformed into a human. But without her voice she cannot identify herself to her beloved prince.
A prince must marry at the request of his parents, but he sneaks out of the palace disguised as a swineherd and falls in love with the poor maid Maria.
The Ice Maiden repeatedly uses her icy power to lure Rudy into her ice palace, but he only has eyes for Babette. The Ice Maiden's former nanny helps her try to break up Babette and Rudy.
A traveling showman accepts an engagement in the theater of a small town for himself and his family. Due to an accident the theater is destroyed and the family has lost the job. But the youngest son Carl finds a pair of red magic shoes.
When her red shoes are stolen, dancer Ketty believes she can no longer dance. But the girl learns that believing in herself is more powerful than any magic.
The little angel Peter is sent to Earth to find a golden bee that has escaped from heaven. On Earth he meets a little girl and her sick mother. He promises to help them both, but an evil king gets in their way.
Six princes are transformed into swans by their stepmother, who is actually a witch, while their little sister Eliza is held captive by a hag in a forest hut.
Two children, Marte and Svane, meet every night under an old street lamp to play. However, the two secretly believe that they are not worth enough for each other.
The children of a Greek village learn from a storyteller the story of a beautiful statue that decorate the market square. A young sculptor once created it in memory of his great love: Psyche.
After being hit by a splinter of the devil's mirror, Kay becomes mean and spiteful, making his best friend Gerda sad. Later, the boy is kidnapped by the Snow Queen, who takes him to her palace.
