Jim Henson's the storyteller. Vol. 3

Three folktales narrated by John Hurt featuring live action and characters created by Jim Henson. 1. “Soldier and death” A Russian story of a soldier with a magic sack who captures death and the resulting havoc it causes. 2. “Sapsorrow” A German Cinderella type tale of three sisters. 3. “True bride” A German story of a wicked troll mistreating his orphan servant Anya and a lion with magic gifts who helps her.

Credits

production company

Jim Henson Productions

TVS Films

producer

Duncan Kenworthy

co-director

Jim Henson

Steve Barron

Peter Smith

Duration

01:12:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1987

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

325185

Language

English

Subject categories

Adaptations

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Puppet films

Childrens Films

Childrens Films → Puppet films

Literature → Fairy tales - Film and video adaptations

Music & Performing Arts → Puppet films

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/81923--jim-hensons-the-storyteller-vol-3/ |title=Jim Henson's the storyteller. Vol. 3 |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=17 October 2021 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}

United Kingdom, 1987

Please note