A fake prince is caught stealing a golden ball and banished to a magical forest, where a fairy inadvertently turns him into a frog. The enchantment can only be lifted by kissing a princess. When the frog helps to retrieve the gold ball from a deep well, he claims a reward. But will he really get the all-important kiss that will break his spell?
Costume
Götz Otto's ridiculous king outfits steal every scene.
Practical Effects
The frog puppet deserves better billing than most of the cast.
Director
The Chau Ngo
Jan Liem
Gai
Milena Tscharntke
Prinzessin Matilda
Viet Anh Alexander Tran
Teo
Lea Drinda
Fee Fingerhut
Götz Otto
König Theoderich
Simon Werner
Ulfred
Alina Hidić
Griseldis
Lukas Zumbrock
Tassilo
Jeremy Tichy
Arne
Christoph Maria Herbst
Quercus
Alena Mudrová
Matilda's Mutter
Denis Docenko
Wachen
Matěj Beneš
Wachen
Filip Menzel
Fischer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is Vietnamese-German director The Chau Ngo's second Grimm adaptation for television, following a Cinderella retelling that also featured Götz Otto in ridiculous royal garb.
The film deliberately subverts the original tale's passive princess by giving Matilda actual political opinions and a backbone—rare for these sanitized TV fairytale productions.
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