Mikhail Baryshnikov's Stories from My Childhood

The Snow Queen

Gerta's grandmother tells Gerta and Kai about the Snow Queen. Offended by Kai's bragging, the Snow Queen hardens his heart and then lures him to her snowy palace. Gerta tries to find the palace, but is waylaid at one place after another. As she continues to search for Kai, the Snow Queen uses winter to keep Gerta from reaching Kai before the first winter storm.

The Wild Swans

King Henry's new wife turns his 11 sons into swans and his daughter Eliza into a beggar girl, then erases his children from his memory. Her brothers take her to a distant land where they will all live. Eliza must make shirts out of stinging nettles for each of her brothers without ever speaking, in order to free them from the wicked queen's spell. Meanwhile, the king of their new home sees Eliza and falls in love with her.

Alice and the Mystery of the Third Planet

22nd century Alice travels in space with her father and co-pilot to find rare animals for Earth preserves, and they stumble across the mystery of who has killed the repeater-birds.

Ivan and His Magic Pony

Pinocchio and the Golden Key

Cinderella & The House on Chicken Legs

A wicked old woman terrifies the forest animals into serving her. A lost girl is tricked into the woman's house but escapes.

The Twelve Months & The Snow Girl

The Twelve Months: On the last day of the old year, an old man tells orphan Christina about the unhappy girl queen. Spoiled by her power, she commands winter to leave and her subjects to bring her flowers. Christina's cruel guardian commands her to go to the cold forest in a snowstorm to find the flowers. She meets the Twelve Months in a forest, and April causes snowdrops to grow for her to pick, and gives her a ring so she can call for their help if needed. When she refuses to show the Queen the Twelve Months' hidden lake, the Queen casts away Christina's ring, and ...

The Last Petal

An old woman gives little Jenny a magic flower that will give her one wish for each of its seven petals. After she wastes six wishes on showing off and greediness, she wants something extra-special for her last wish.