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Three Wishes for Cinderella

Three Wishes for Cinderella

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Three Wishes for Cinderella

1973

1h 22m

7.5(391 votes)

Fantasy

Family

Romance

Overview

Popelka, a resourceful and independent young girl, is a servant in her stepmother's house and confides in 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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DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Filmové studio Barrandov

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Libuše Šafránková

Libuše Šafránková

Popelka

Pavel Trávníček

Pavel Trávníček

Prince

Carola Braunbock

Carola Braunbock

Stepmother

Rolf Hoppe

Rolf Hoppe

King

Karin Lesch

Karin Lesch

Queen

Dana Hlaváčová

Dana Hlaváčová

Dora

Jan Libíček

Jan Libíček

Preceptor

Vítězslav Jandák

Vítězslav Jandák

Kamil

Jaroslav Drbohlav

Vítek

Vladimír Menšík

Vladimír Menšík

Vincek

Creative team

Directed by: Václav Vorlíček
Written by: Václav Vorlíček
František Pavlíček
Produced by: Jiří Krejčí

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