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Works explorer

The Golden axe

United States, 1942
film

Adapted from a fable by Aesop “The Mercury and the Woodsman”, the film points out the moral that honesty is the best policy.

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Algorithmically related works from our collection by description:

The Honest woodsman

United States, 1949
Similarity: 78%

The Axe and the lamp

United Kingdom, 1964
Similarity: 69%

The Sword in the Stone

United States, 1963
Similarity: 68%

The Sword

Australia, 2004
Similarity: 68%

The North wind and the sun: an Aesop fable

Japan, 1962
Similarity: 67%

King Midas and the golden touch

United States, 1949
Similarity: 67%

The Great adventure

Sweden, 1956
Similarity: 66%

The Man with the golden arm

United States, 1955
Similarity: 66%

The Huntsman

Canada, 1972
Similarity: 66%

A Fable by Aesop: The North wind and the sun

Canada, 1972
Similarity: 66%

A Fable by Aesop: The North wind and the sun

Canada, 1972
Similarity: 66%

Woodsman

Australia, 1988
Similarity: 66%

Great piggy-bank raid: Honesty

United States, 1974
Similarity: 65%

Is it always right to be right?

United States, 1970
Similarity: 65%

Jason and the Argonauts [DVD]

United States, 1963
Similarity: 65%

The Magic pear tree

Japan, 1975
Similarity: 65%

Once upon a time in China (Restored version) [Widescreen]

Hong Kong, 1991
Similarity: 65%

Day of the evil gun

United States, 1968
Similarity: 65%
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