Three Wishes for Cinderella(Movie, 1973)

Name: Three Wishes for Cinderella
Genre: Fantasy, Kids & Family, Romance / Love
Released: 1973
Duration: T01:22:00
Rating: 3.8

Original title: "Tři oříšky pro Popelku" (Czech/CS)

1h 22min | Genres: Fantasy, Kids & Family, Romance / Love

Rating: 3.8/5 (with 139 votes)

Three Wishes for Cinderella (Czech: Tři oříšky pro Popelku; German: Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel, also called in English Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella or Three Gifts for Cinderella) is a 1973 Czechoslovak-East German film based on the fairy-tale Cinderella. It was directed by Václav Vorlíček in a co-production between DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme and Barrandov Studios. The story was based on the fairy tale O Popelce written by Božena Němcová (a Bohemian variation of the classic Cinderella fairytale). After debuting in Soviet Union on November 1, 1973 and in Czechoslovakia on November 16, the film had its international premiere in East Berlin in March 1974 It still remains a popular Christmas holiday film in many European countries. ()

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About Three Wishes for Cinderella

Popelka, a resourceful and independent young girl, is a servant in her stepmother's house and confides her closest friend the owl. When she comes across three magical acorns, she's granted a single wish for each one of them.

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Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel (1973) BLU-RAY Trailer [HD](Trailer, 1:23)

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Production countries: Czechoslovakia, East Germany / German Democratic Republic (GDR)

Shot in: Moritzburg, Babelsberg Studio, Švihov Castle, Mezihoří, Javorná

Based on the work of: Božena Němcová ("Three Wishes for Cinderella")

Derivative works/Adaptions: "Three Wishes for Cinderella" (movie, 2021)

Made by: DEFA, Filmové Studio Barrandov

Original language: Czech (CS)

Spoken languages: Czech (CS)

Translated into 21 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Georgian (KA), Lithuanian (LT), Norwegian Bokmål (NB), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 11/16/1973

Cast: Libuše Šafránková, Pavel Trávníček, Carola Braunbock, Rolf Hoppe, Karin Lesch, Holger Eckert, Ostara Körner, Erika Stiska, Daniela Hlaváčová, Jan Libíček, Vítězslav Jandák, Jaroslav Drbohlav, Vladimír Menšík, Míla Myslíková, Helena Růžičková, Miloš Vavruška, Jiří Růžička, Jiří Krytinář, Ilona Jirotková, Joachim Pape, Petr Svojtka, Jaroslava Adamová, Otto Šimánek, Květa Fialová, Miroslav Krejča, Karl-Helge Hofstadt, Gerd Funk, Jutta Molter, Aurora Pan, Gertrud Adam, Vladimír Navrátil, Bohumil Koška, Ludvík Wolf, Mirko Musil

Director: Václav Vorlíček

Producer: Jiří Krejčík

Screenwriter: František Pavlíček, Václav Vorlíček

Film Editor: Miroslav Hájek

Director of Photography: Josef Illík

Composer: Karel Svoboda

Production Designer: Oldřich Bosák

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Aschenbrödel"

"Drei Nüsse für Aschenbrödel"

"سه آرزو برای سیندرلا"

"Tre Nøtter Til Askepott"

"Three Nuts for Cinderella"

Keywords: prince, fairy tale, new love, based on childrens book, hazelnut

Budget: 580,000 USD

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