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Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 26, 1971

Runtime

1h 7m

Genres

Family, Fantasy

User Score

58%

Original Title

Dornröschen

Production Companies

DEFA

Director

Walter Beck

Description

On the occasion of their daughter's birth, the king and queen give a lavish feast. Among the guests are twelve fairies who endow the infant in the cradle with all good qualities. As the king loathes diligence, he does not invite the thirteenth fairy - the fairy of diligence. A captain lets her slip into the castle and she casts a spell on Sleeping Beauty, wishing death upon her. The twelfth fairy transforms and mitigates the spell. On the day she turns fifteen, the princess is to sink into a hundred-year sleep after pricking her finger on a spindle.