The Little Mermaid
– Retelling of the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairytale 'The Little Mermaid'...
Retelling of the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairytale 'The Little Mermaid'.
01 Nov 1976
Czech
Karel Kachyna
Hans Christian Andersen (story), Ota Hofman, Karel Kachyna
Miroslava Safránková, Radovan Lukavský, Petr Svojtka, Libuse Safránková
The little mermaid rescues a prince from drowning and falls in love with him. To be with him, she makes a deal with the evil sorceress: her beautiful voice against a life on land. It seems to work at first, the prince is enchanted with her lovely appearance. But the memory of a foreign princess still haunts him: The one who found him on the beach where the mermaid had left him, and whom he (of course) believes to be his saviour. To resolve this mistake is too much for the mute little mermaid, and not even her father, king of all seas, can help her in the impending catastrophe.