Die ProSieben Märchenstunde (ProSieben Fairy Tale Hour) is a television movie series that has been produced since 2006. It features characters that are exclusively portrayed by German and Austrian comedians and actors. The series is shot in Prague

Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

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The screenplays have - amongst others - been written by Tommy Krappweis, Erik Haffner and Norman Cöster who came up with the stories of Bernd das Brot

Bernd das Brot

Bernd das Brot is a puppet character, star mascot and cult figure of the German children's television channel KI.KA, currently featured in the programs Bernd das Brot, Bravo Bernd and the KI.KA late night loop program....

. Additionally, they are directing and have cameo appearances. Many actors use their respective dialect

Dialect

The term dialect is used in two distinct ways, even by linguists. One usage refers to a variety of a language that is a characteristic of a particular group of the language's speakers. The term is applied most often to regional speech patterns, but a dialect may also be defined by other factors,...

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Die ProSieben Märchenstunde was nominated for the German Comedy Award in the category Best Comedy in 2006. It is also broadcast on Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n television channel ORF

ORF

ORF may refer to:* ORF , the Austrian public service broadcaster.* Open reading frame, a portion of the genome.* The IATA airport code for Norfolk International Airport in Norfolk, Virginia.* ORF format , Olympus raw image file format....

, which is co-producing the series, airing the programme as Die ORF Märchenstunde.

Premise

Every episode satirises a fairy tale classic like Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood, also known as Little Red Cap, is a French fairy tale about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. The story has been changed considerably in its history and subject to numerous modern adaptations and readings....

 or Rapunzel

Rapunzel

"Rapunzel" is a German fairy tale in the collection assembled by the Brothers Grimm, and first published in 1812 as part of Children's and Household Tales. The Grimm Brothers' story is an adaptation of the fairy tale Persinette by Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force originally published in 1698...

. In doing so, the whole plot, characters or even the ending of the tale is rewritten. That's why there is no speaking frog in The Frog Prince

The Frog Prince (story)

"The Frog Prince; or, Iron Henry" is a fairy tale, best known through the Brothers Grimm's written version; traditionally it is the first story in their collection. In the tale, a spoiled princess reluctantly befriends a frog , who magically transforms into a handsome prince...

, for example. Additionally there are references to popular movies, television series and commercials again and again. The movie series that is produced by Rat Pack Filmproduktion

Rat Pack Filmproduktion

- History :Rat Pack Filmprouduktion GmbH was founded by Christian Becker with Anita Schneider, Jürgen Egger, Alexander Rümelin, Catarina Raacke and Constantin Film in January, 2001 in Munich, Germany.- List of films by Rat Pack Film Production :...

 uses known actors and comedy celebrities, predominantly.

Members of the permanent cast are the narrator (Thomas Fritsch) as well as his "assistant" Bruto, a medieval executioner

Executioner

A judicial executioner is a person who carries out a death sentence ordered by the state or other legal authority, which was known in feudal terminology as high justice.-Scope and job:...

 whose task it is to remove Bernhard Hoëcker who keeps trying to be part of the story or to change the story. The narrator always thanks with a sarcastically relieved „Thanks, Bruto!“.

Season 1

• Rotkäppchen
  Little Red Riding Hood
  Little Red Riding Hood, also known as Little Red Cap, is a French fairy tale about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. The story has been changed considerably in its history and subject to numerous modern adaptations and readings....
  
   – Wege zum Glück (Little Red Riding Hood - Ways Towards Happiness)

Plot: Little Red Riding Hood wants to become a singer and prepares for the king'scasting

Casting

In metalworking, casting involves pouring liquid metal into a mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then allowing it to cool and solidify. The solidified part is also known as a casting, which is ejected or broken out of the mold to complete the process...

 show with the deceitful Mr. Wolf.

Title reference: Wege zum Glück, German Telenovela

Telenovela

A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...

Actors: Julia Stinshoff, Christian Tramitz

Christian Tramitz

Christian Tramitz is a German actor, comedian, voice actor and author.- Life :Christian Tramitz is the grandson of Austrian actor Paul Hörbiger and nephew of actress Christiane Hörbiger. His parents are film producer Rudolf Tramitz and Monica, née Hörbiger...

, Wigald Boning

Wigald Boning

Wigald Boning is a German actor, singer, writer and television presenter.- Life :Boning works as actor in different TV and filmproductions. He became in Germany famous as actor in television comedy programme RTL Samstag Nacht. Together with Olli Dittrich Boning sang in Die Doofen. Boning wrote...

, Karl Dall

Karl Dall

Karl Bernhard Dall is a German comedian, singer and television presenter. His distinctive 'hanging' eye is caused by an inborn Ptosis.- Family :...

, Michael Kessler

Michael Kessler

Michael Kessler is a German actor, comedian and author from Wiesbaden.- Theater :After his acting training at Westfälische Schauspielschule Bochum from 1988 to 1992, Kessler had roles at the following theaters: Schauspielhaus Bochum, Schauspiel Frankfurt, Nationaltheater Mannheim and...

 and Heinz Hoenig

• Rapunzel
  Rapunzel
  "Rapunzel" is a German fairy tale in the collection assembled by the Brothers Grimm, and first published in 1812 as part of Children's and Household Tales. The Grimm Brothers' story is an adaptation of the fairy tale Persinette by Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force originally published in 1698...
  
   oder Mord ist ihr Hobby (Rapunzel - or Murder, She Wrote)

Plot: Prince Helmold von Poppel tries to solve the case of the lost Rapunzel.

Title reference: Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote is an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network, with 264 episodes transmitted. It was followed by four TV films and a spin-off series,...

, US american crime series

Actors: Oliver Wnuk, Axel Stein, Mike Krüger

Mike Krüger

Mike Krüger is a German comedian and singer....

, Karl Markovics

Karl Markovics

Karl Markovics is an Austrian actor and film director.He starred as Salomon Sorowitsch in Stefan Ruzowitzky's 2007 film The Counterfeiters, which was awarded the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for that year...

, Heinrich Schafmeister, Janin Reinhardt

Janin Reinhardt

Janin Reinhardt is a German television presenter and actress.-Biography:Reinhardt participated in a casting by the German music channel VIVA. She was chosen from 3000 participants and became the host of Interaktiv...

, Mirja Boes and Annette Frier

Annette Frier

Annette Wünsche is a German actress and comedian.-Biography:After the Abitur she studied classical acting at the school of the German theater "Der Keller" for three years and worked as a theater actress in Cologne.-Actress career:In 1997 Frier was member of the cast of the RTL series Hinter...

• Zwerg Nase
  Little Longnose
  Little Longnose is a Russian traditionally-animated feature film directed by Ilya Maksimov, made by Melnitsa Animation Studio. It opened in Russia on March 20, 2003, and had 375,000 admissions during its theatrical run...
  
   – Vier Fäuste für ein Zauberkraut (My Name Is Little Longnose)

Plot: The evil witch casts a spell on the bigheaded Jacob which makes him grow an ugly nose. To break the curse

Curse

A curse is any expressed wish that some form of adversity or misfortune will befall or attach to some other entity—one or more persons, a place, or an object...

, he cooperates with former bodyguard

Bodyguard

A bodyguard is a type of security operative or government agent who protects a person—usually a famous, wealthy, or politically important figure—from assault, kidnapping, assassination, stalking, loss of confidential information, terrorist attack or other threats.Most important public figures such...

 Muskete.

Title reference: Various films with Terence Hill

Terence Hill

Terence Hill is an Italian actor. He is best known for starring in multiple action and western films together with his longtime filmpartner Bud Spencer.-Biography:...

 and Bud Spencer

Bud Spencer

Bud Spencer is an Italian actor, filmmaker and former swimmer . He is known for past roles in spaghetti westerns together with his long time filmpartner Terence Hill...

 (e. g. My Name Is Trinity, Trinity Is STILL My Name!)

Actors: Manou Lubowski, Christian Tramitz, Julia Dietze

Julia Dietze

Julia Dietze is a German actress.-Biography:Dietze is the daughter of the German artist, illustrator and painter Mathias Dietze. Her mother is from Marseille...

, Wolfgang Völz

Wolfgang Völz

Wolfgang Völz is a German actor. He is known for his roles in theatre plays, feature films Wolfgang Völz (* 16 August 1930 in Danzig) is a German actor. He is known for his roles in theatre plays, feature films Wolfgang Völz (* 16 August 1930 in Danzig) is a German actor. He is known for his roles...

, Christian Clerici, Simon Gosejohann

Simon Gosejohann

Simon Gosejohann is a German comedian, TV presenter and actor.In 2008, Gosejohann won the Deutscher Comedypreis in the category "Best Comedy Show" for his role in Elton vs. Simon. A year later, he picked up the Best Hidden Camera Award for his show Comedystreet.- External links :*...

, Ralf Zacherl, Mundstuhl and Sonja Kirchberger

Sonja Kirchberger

Sonja Kirchberger is an Austrian actress.From 1974 to 1978 she was a dancer in the Ballet of the Opera in Vienna ....

• Rumpelstilzchen
  Rumpelstiltskin
  Rumpelstiltskin is the eponymous character and protagonist of a fairy tale which originated in Germany . The tale was collected by the Brothers Grimm, who first published it in the 1812 edition of Children's and Household Tales...
  
   – Auf Wache im Märchenwald (Rumpelstiltskin - Forest Watch in the Fairy Tale Woods)

Plot: Fairy Tale Forest Watch 3, Captain Hollerbusch, Lance Corporal "Jojo" Johannes and Private Bruno "Keule" hunt for Rumpelstiltskin and are accompanied by a television team.

Title reference: The City Watch

Discworld

Discworld is a comic fantasy book series by English author Sir Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants which, in turn, stand on the back of a giant turtle, Great A'Tuin. The books frequently parody, or at least take inspiration from, J. R. R....

 stories of the city Ankh-Morpork

Ankh-Morpork

Ankh-Morpork is a fictional city-state which prominently features in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of fantasy novels. As cities go, it is on the far side of corrupt and polluted, and is subject to outbreaks of comedic violence and brouhaha on a fairly regular basis...

 on discworld

Discworld

Discworld is a comic fantasy book series by English author Sir Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants which, in turn, stand on the back of a giant turtle, Great A'Tuin. The books frequently parody, or at least take inspiration from, J. R. R....

; setting of countless humorous novels by English writer Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett

Sir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett, OBE is an English novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels...

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Actors: Oliver Kalkofe

Oliver Kalkofe

Oliver Kalkofe is a German satirist, columnist, book author and actor.- Career :Kalkofe grew up in Langenhagen-Engelbostel near Hanover and in Peine...

, Bürger Lars Dietrich, Sonya Kraus

Sonya Kraus

Sonya Kraus is a German television presenter and former model.- Biography :Aged four, Kraus started ballet school which eventually led her to music school in Frankfurt. She ended her ballet career in 1987 when she grew too tall, reaching at the time...

, Tetje Mierendorf

Tetje Mierendorf

Tetje Mierendorf is a German comedian and a musical theatre and voice actor.- Biography :After his Abitur he completed an apprenticeship as bank teller. In 2004 he played the leading part of the German adaption of My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance. Later he was a permanent member of the ensemble of the...

, Janine Kunze, Erkan & Stefan and Herbert Feuerstein

Herbert Feuerstein

Herbert Feuerstein is a German comedian and entertainer.Feuerstein studied music at the Salzburg Mozarteum from 1956 to 1958, majoring in piano, cembalo and composition. However, he never graduated and in 1960, he followed his first wife to New York...

• Tischlein deck dich – Esel, Ziegen, echte Männer (The Wishing-Table - Donkeys, Goats, Real Men)

Plot: The digger's sons Albert, Martin and Jacob have to make their own way in the world. They are given a "gold-ass", a "wishing-table" and a "cudgel in the sack" by their respective taskmasters.

Actors: Elton

Elton (comedian)

Alexander Duszat, better known under the nickname Elton, is a German television host and comedian.He was born on 2 April 1971 in West Berlin, but grew up and went to the school in Hamburg. He finished his traineeship as a television and radio technician...

, Tobias Schenke

Tobias Schenke

Tobias Schenke is a German actor most famous for playing the character of Florian Thomas in Ants in My Pants and More Ants in the Pants and the older Jürgen Bartsch in The Child I Never Was....

, Ingo Naujoks

Ingo Naujoks

Ingo Naujoks is a German actor. He was born on 1st March 1962 in Bochum, Germany.He won the German Comedy Award for his performance in the TV series Bewegte Männer. He is also known for his performance in Rick And Olli.- External links :...

, Lukas Resetarits

Lukas Resetarits

Lukas Resetarits is an Austrian cabaret artist and actor, best known for playing police inspector Kottan in the Austrian TV series Kottan ermittelt....

 and Ralf Richter

Ralf Richter

Ralf Richter is a German actor. He debuted as the crude sailor "Frenssen" in the Academy Award nominated 1981 film Das Boot and frequently appeared in German TV series...

• Hans im Glück – Tauschrausch im Märchenwald (Luck Hans - Trading Spree in the Fairy Tale Woods)

Plot: Hans gets a nugget of gold from his crazy master at the end of his period of training. Unfortunately Hans is addicted to trading.

Actors: Christian Ulmen

Christian Ulmen

Christian Ulmen is a German entertainer and actor.-Career:Ulmen started his television career in 1996 as a video jockey on MTV Europe...

, Ingo Appelt

Ingo Appelt

Ingo Appelt is an Austrian bobsledder who competed from the late 1980s to early 1992.He was Bobsleigh World Cup combined men's champion in 1987-8, and four-man champion in 1987-8 and 1988-9. Competing in two Winter Olympics, Appelt won the gold medal in the four-man event at Albertville in 1992...

, Nora Tschirner

Nora Tschirner

Nora Marie Tschirner is a German actress and television and radio presenter.-Early life:Nora Tschirner was born in East Berlin to the documentary film director Joachim Tschirner and the radio journalist Waltraud Tschirner. She grew up with her two older brothers in the East Berlin suburb Pankow...

 and Joseph Hannesschläger

• Der Froschkönig
  The Frog Prince (story)
  "The Frog Prince; or, Iron Henry" is a fairy tale, best known through the Brothers Grimm's written version; traditionally it is the first story in their collection. In the tale, a spoiled princess reluctantly befriends a frog , who magically transforms into a handsome prince...
  
   – Im Brunnen hört dich niemand schreien (The Frog Prince - In the well no one can hear you scream)

Plot: Prince Hohlholm von Sülzenstein tumbles into the castle well and ends up in a different well somewhere else. The princess there, Dorothea von Hagerburg, believes him to be a speaking frog

Frog

Frogs are amphibians in the order Anura , formerly referred to as Salientia . Most frogs are characterized by a short body, webbed digits , protruding eyes and the absence of a tail...

.

Title reference: Various German titles for horror movies and thrillers (e. g. Alien – Im Weltraum hört dich niemand schreien

Alien (film)

Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto. The film's title refers to its primary antagonist: a highly aggressive extraterrestrial creature which...

 (Alien - In space no one can hear you scream))

Actors: Hugo Egon Balder

Hugo Egon Balder

Hugo Egon Balder is a German actor and comedian. He was born 22 March 1950 in Berlin to Egon Friedrich Balder and Gerda Balder, née Schure . Gerda Balder was a Jew who, together with her mother and her son from her first marriage, survived the Theresienstadt concentration camp.Balder was a...

, Frank Giering

Frank Giering

-Biography:Giering studied at the HFF Potsdam. He starred in a production of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole and was cast by Austrian filmmaker, Michael Haneke for the TV movie, The Traitor and the 1997 filmsThe Castle and Funny Games....

, Alexandra Neldel

Alexandra Neldel

- Career :Neldel worked as a dental assistant before she was discovered by the boss of a Berlin casting agency during a polo competition. He helped her audition for daily soap opera Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten and Neldel, barely experienced in acting, immediately landed the role of Katja Wettstein...

, Michael Kessler, Tommy Krappweis, Gerd Ekken-Gerdes and Heinz Werner Kraehkamp

• Frau Holle
  Mother Hulda
  Mother Hulda is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and first published in 1812 as part of Children's and Household Tales. It was originally known as Frau Holle and is tale number 24.- Synopsis :...
  
   – Im Himmel ist die Hölle los (Mother Hulda - All Hell Breaks Loose In Heaven)

Plot: The golden girl is in fact a snobbish, exhausting bitch called Chantal. When she falls into the well, her sister has to save her. Both end up in the world of Mother Hulda where nothing can be done without causing chaos on earth.

Title reference: Auf dem Highway ist die Hölle los

The Cannonball Run (film)

The Cannonball Run is a 1981 comedy film starring Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Dom DeLuise and Farrah Fawcett, and was directed by Hal Needham. It was produced by Hong Kong's Golden Harvest films. There was a sequel, 1984's Cannonball Run II.-Plot:...

, German title of the US american action comedy The Cannonball Run

Actors: Hella von Sinnen

Hella von Sinnen

Hella Kemper known by her stage name Hella von Sinnen is a German entertainer. She had several TV shows on German private channels...

, Jana Pallaske

Jana Pallaske

Jana Pallaske is a German actress and singer in the rock band Spitting Off Tall Buildings.-Filmography:* Alaska.de , Sabine* Jeans , Nina* Engel & Joe , Joe* Baader , Karin...

, Mirjam Weichselbraun

Mirjam Weichselbraun

Mirjam Weichselbraun is an Austrian television host.Her first experience in broadcasting was with the regional radio station Antenne Tirol in 1999 and she first appeared in front of the camera in 2001 on the culture program Das Magazin on the channel TV Tirol.In 2000, she was voted the BRAVO-Girl...

, Kalle Pohl, Mareike Carrière, Bernd das Brot, Peter Nottmeier and Heinz Werner Kraehkamp

Season 2

• Der gestiefelte Kater – Catman begins (Puss in Boots - Catman Begins)

Plot: Miller's son Tobias lies comatose in the castle. At the same time a masked puss in boots is fighting against evil.

Title reference: Batman Begins

Batman Begins

Batman Begins is a 2005 American superhero action film based on the fictional DC Comics character Batman, directed by Christopher Nolan. It stars Christian Bale as Batman, along with Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Cillian Murphy, Morgan Freeman, Ken Watanabe, Tom Wilkinson,...

, US american cartoon

Cartoon

A cartoon is a form of two-dimensional illustrated visual art. While the specific definition has changed over time, modern usage refers to a typically non-realistic or semi-realistic drawing or painting intended for satire, caricature, or humor, or to the artistic style of such works...

 movie adaptation

Adaptation

An adaptation in biology is a trait with a current functional role in the life history of an organism that is maintained and evolved by means of natural selection. An adaptation refers to both the current state of being adapted and to the dynamic evolutionary process that leads to the adaptation....

Actors: Elmar Gunsch, Wolf Roth

Wolf Roth

Wolf-Egbert Klapproth is a German theatre and television actor. He was born in Torgau, where his family had fled during World War II. He was raised and educated in Bremen. In 1961 he moved to the United States and graduated from the Edsel Ford High School in Detroit, Michigan...

, Sven Ottke

Sven Ottke

Sven Ottke, known as "The Phantom", is a German former professional boxer who was the IBF/WBA super middleweight champion...

, Daniel Krauss, Wolke Hegenbarth

Wolke Hegenbarth

Wolke Alma Hegenbarth is a German actress, best known for starring in the sitcom Mein Leben & Ich. She is related to illustrator Hannes Hegen and the painter Josef Hegenbarth.-Personal life:...

, Hugo Egon Balder, Johann König

Johann König

Johann König was a German painter. The son of a Nuremberg goldsmith, König was a follower of Adam Elsheimer.-References:...

 and Martin Semmelrogge

Martin Semmelrogge

Martin Semmelrogge is a German actor, best known for his role as the comical 2WO in the film Das Boot...

• Aschenputtel
  Cinderella
  "Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper" is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world. The title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune...
  
   – Für eine Handvoll Tauben (Cinderella - A Fistful of Doves)

Plot: Petunia Rosentau is a maidservant of her evil aunt and their daughters. Nevertheless she is supposed to marry the ugly and evil prince. The stable boy Richard is the only one that can save her.

Title reference: A Fistful of Dollars

A Fistful of Dollars

A Fistful of Dollars is a 1964 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood alongside Gian Maria Volonté, Marianne Koch, Wolfgang Lukschy, Sieghardt Rupp, José Calvo, Antonio Prieto, and Joseph Egger. Released in Italy in 1964 then in the United States in...

, Spaghetti Western

Spaghetti Western

Spaghetti Western, also known as Italo-Western, is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western films that emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's unique and much copied film-making style and international box-office success, so named by American critics because most were produced and...

 by Sergio Leone

Sergio Leone

Sergio Leone was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter most associated with the "Spaghetti Western" genre.Leone's film-making style includes juxtaposing extreme close-up shots with lengthy long shots...

 (1964)

Actors: Daniela Preuss, Bettina Lamprecht, Christine Kaufmann

Christine Kaufmann

Christine Maria Kaufmann is a German actress. In 1961 she won the Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actress, the only German to be so honoured....

, Mathieu Carriere

Mathieu Carrière

Mathieu Carrière is a German actor.Carrière grew up in Berlin and Lübeck; he attended the Jesuit boarding school Lycée Saint-François-Xavier in Vannes, France, a school which had previously been attended by the director of Carrière's first major film, Volker Schlöndorff. In 1969 Carrière moved to...

, Michael Kessler, Chris Howland

Chris Howland

John Christopher Howland is a British radio and TV presenterwho opened German radio programmes for English music. Hereby he has changed German radio broadcast which has been dominated by English music ever since....

, Sonja Kirchberger, Hennes Bender, Chiara Schoras and Dominique Horwitz

• Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse
  The Princess and the Pea
  "The Princess and the Pea" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a young woman whose royal identity is established by a test of her physical sensitivity. The tale was first published with three others by Andersen in an inexpensive booklet on 8 May 1835 in Copenhagen by C.A...
  
   – Qual der Wahl Royal (The Princess and the Pea - Heavy is the Head that Wears the Crown)

Plot: Vroni, a pea

Pea

A pea is most commonly the small spherical seed or the seed-pod of the pod fruit Pisum sativum. Each pod contains several peas. Peapods are botanically a fruit, since they contain seeds developed from the ovary of a flower. However, peas are considered to be a vegetable in cooking...

 farmer's daughter hates peas but loves Prince Herold. To get him, she has to pass several princess tests first.

Actors: Diana Amft

Diana Amft

Diana Amft is an award winning German film and television actress.-Biography:Diana Amft was born in Gütersloh. Her father was a janitor. She grew up in Herzebrock-Clarholz and one of her after school jobs was in a videothek. She completed her vocational training as a judicial clerk at the...

, Ernst Hilbich, Matthias Knop, Jasmin Tabatabai

Jasmin Tabatabai

Jasmin Tabatabai is a German-Iranian singer, songwriter and actress.- Life and work :...

, Nova Meierhenrich

Nova Meierhenrich

Nova Meierhenrich is a German television presenter and actress.Nova Meierhenrich started her career as a TV-Host on German TV in 1996 and since then has been presenting numerous TV shows and magazines for channels such as MDR, Sat.1, Viva, MTV, RTL2, Pro7, WDR and Premiere...

, Sonya Kraus, Herbert Feuerstein und Jan Sosniok

Jan Sosniok

Jan Sosniok is a German actor.His career began with a role in the German daily soap Gute Zeiten – Schlechte Zeiten...

• Hänsel und Gretel
  Hansel and Gretel
  "Hansel and Gretel" is a well-known fairy tale of German origin, recorded by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812. Hansel and Gretel are a young brother and sister threatened by a cannibalistic hag living deep in the forest in a house constructed of cake and confectionery. The two children...
  
   – Ein Fall für die Supergranny (Hansel and Gretel - A Case For Supergranny)

Plot: The cheeky devils Hansel and Gretel are terrorising the whole town. That is why they are sent to an education camp run by a strict witch.

Title reference: Supernanny

Supernanny

Supernanny is a reality TV programme which originated in the United Kingdom about parents struggling with their children's behaviour. The UK version has aired on Channel 4 with E4 showing repeats since 2004. The program returned in 2010...

, educational programme airing on RTL

RTL Television

Rtl.de' redirects here. For other uses, see RTL.RTL Television , or simply RTL, is a German commercial television station distributed via cable and satellite along with DVB-T , in larger population centres...

 in Germany

Actors: Axel Stein, Janin Reinhardt, Gudrun Landgrebe

Gudrun Landgrebe

Gudrun Landgrebe is a German actress.Landgrebe was born in Göttingen, grew up in Bochum, and attended theatre school in Cologne from 1968 until 1971. In 1971 she made her debut at Stadttheater Bielefeld. She also appeared in Heimat as the character Klärchen Sisse...

, Oliver Kalkofe, Oliver Welke

Oliver Welke

Oliver Welke is a German television presenter, actor, comedian and television journalist.- Life :Welke studied journalism at University of Münster. In 1993 he finished his university studies. Welke works on German television. Since May 2009 Welke is part of comedy team heuteshow on German...

, Simon Gosejohann and Tilo Prückner

Tilo Prückner

Tilo Prückner is a German television and film actor. His career has spanned five decades and more than 100 films. He is the uncle of actor Christoph Prückner.-Selected filmography:* Apokal * John Glückstadt...

• Schneewittchen
  Snow White
  "Snow White" is a fairy tale known from many countries in Europe, the best known version being the German one collected by the Brothers Grimm...
  
   - 7 Zipfel und ein Horst (Snow White - Seven Dwarfs and a Horst)

Plot: The pampered only child runs away from her new schizophrenic stepmother Aulrauna and disguises herself as Horst to stay with the dwarfs.

Actors: Felicitas Woll

Felicitas Woll

Felicitas Woll is a German actress best known for the ARD-Series Berlin, Berlin.-Career and personal life:...

, Oliver K. Wnuk, Katja Flint

Katja Flint

Katja Flint is a German actress.Flint grew up in Utah and married German actor Heiner Lauterbach. They have a son named Oskar...

, Helmut Zierl, Hilmi Sözer

Hilmi Sözer

-Filmography:-Television:-External links:*...

, Christian Tramitz and Ingo Appelt

• Des Kaisers neue Kleider
  The Emperor's New Clothes
  "The Emperor's New Clothes" is a short tale by Hans Christian Andersen about two weavers who promise an Emperor a new suit of clothes that is invisible to those unfit for their positions, stupid, or incompetent...
  
   - Mode, Mob und Monarchie (The Emperor's New Clothes - Fashion, Mob and Monarchy)

Plot: The new emperor, a despot with a clothes fetish annoys his people with his extravagance and ignites a revolution.

Actors: Oliver Korritke, Manuel Cortez, Christian Tramitz, Dirk Bach

Dirk Bach

Dirk Bach is a German television comedy actor, best known as Pepe in the German version of Sesamstraße and as an actor in television series Lukas.-Life:...

, Friederike Kempter and Jutta Speidel

Jutta Speidel

Jutta Speidel is a German actress.She had her first television role at the age of 15. Jutta Speidel appeared in Schulmadchen Report 1 , which was directed by Ernst Hofbauer and produced by Wolf C. Hartwig. She acted mainly in German television series and TV films like Rivalen der Rennbahn...

• König Drosselbart
  King Thrushbeard
  King Thrushbeard is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 52.It is Aarne-Thompson type 900.-Synopsis:A beautiful, but spoiled, rude, and shallow princess criticizes all her suitors because she is too proud. She is impressed with the last of her suitors, but her pride will not...
  
   - Der Schöne und das Biest (King Thrushbeard - The Beauty and the Beast)

Plot: The arrogant princess is married to a beggar by her father who is fed up by her airs and graces. That's why for the first time in her life, she has to work.

Title reference: Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale. The first published version of the fairy tale was a rendition by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, published in La jeune américaine, et les contes marins in 1740...

, French fairy tale

Actors: Jeanette Biedermann

Jeanette Biedermann

Jeanette Biedermann , also known by her stage name Jeanette, is a German recording artist, actress and television personality. Born and raised in Berlin, Biedermann began performing as a member of a troupe of acrobats in a children's circus at the age of six...

, Kai Lentrodt, Christoph M. Ohrt

Christoph M. Ohrt

Christoph M. Ohrt is a German film and television actor. One of his best known roles was the portrayal of Felix Edel on the German television series Edel & Starck-Life:...

, Eva Habermann

Eva Habermann

Eva Felicitas Habermann is a German actress who has appeared in numerous films and TV series. She is best known for playing the role of Zev Bellringer in the television series Lexx...

 and Johanna Klum

Johanna Klum

Johanna Klum is a German television presenter and former singer.Johanna was a member of the German girl band Samajona until 2002, after which she became the presenter of Total Request Live on MTV....

• Dornröschen
  Sleeping Beauty
  Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault or Little Briar Rose by the Brothers Grimm is a classic fairytale involving a beautiful princess, enchantment, and a handsome prince...
  
   - Ab durch die Hecke (Sleeping Beauty - Over the Hedge)

Plot: After the birth of the princess all wise women of the country - except for one with a personal hygiene problem - are invited. The woman that was not invited is offended and curses the princess. So she is pampered for 18 years to avoid her pricking her finger on a spindle

Spindle (textiles)

A spindle is a wooden spike used for spinning wool, flax, hemp, cotton, and other fibres into thread. It is commonly weighted at either the bottom middle or top, most commonly by a circular or spherical object called a whorl, and may also have a hook, groove or notch, though spindles without...

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Title reference: Over the Hedge

Over the Hedge

Over the Hedge is a syndicated comic strip written and drawn by Michael Fry and T. Lewis. It tells the story of a raccoon, turtle, a squirrel, and their friends who come to terms with their woodlands being taken over by suburbia, trying to survive the increasing flow of humanity and technology...

, a 2006 US american animated movie

Actors: Josefine Preuß

Josefine Preuß

Josefine Preuß is a German actress.Preuß was born in Zehdenick, Brandenburg, Germany, near Berlin. Her breakthrough role was Anna Reichenbach in Schloss Einstein , a broadcast for children, in which she starred from 1999 to 2001...

, Florian David Fitz, Horst Janson

Horst Janson (actor)

Horst Janson is a German film and television actor.-Career:Horst Janson is one of Germany's most popular actors, his career started very early with the film Buddenbrooks in 1959, he also featured in Helmut Käutner’s ‘The glass of water’ 1960 , where he played alongside Gustaf Gründgens, Hilde...

, Oliver Petszokat, Anja Kruse, Ilja Richter

Ilja Richter

Ilja Richter is a German actor, television presenter, singer and author.- Life :In the 1970s Richter became famous in Germany as television presenter of Disco. As an actor he played several roles in films and in theatre. Richter wrote several books...

, Tanja Mairhofer and Rainer Basedow

External links

• Official ProSieben webpage