Mikhail Baryshnikov's Stories from My Childhood — Season 1, Episode 12: The Prince and the Swan

Episode synopsis

Czar Saltan, following a haunting melody, finds three young women and married the pure-hearted youngest. While the czar is off at war, his queen gives birth to a son, but her jealous guardian and sisters fake a message ordering that they be killed at sea. The baby grows up overnight, and they land on a barren island that a swan turns into a city for the prince to rule. When the prince denounces his father, the swan turns him into an insect so he can travel to his country and see his father. As he hears of wonders at his father's court, he asks the swan for them to try...

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Snow Queen
• E2The Wild Swans
• E3Alice and the Mystery of the Third Planet
• E4Ivan and His Magic Pony
• E5Pinocchio and the Golden Key
• E6Cinderella & The House on Chicken Legs
• E7The Twelve Months & The Snow Girl
• E8The Last Petal
• E9When Wishes Come True
• E10Beauty and the Beast (A Tale of the Crimson Flower)
• E11The Nutcracker
• E13The Golden Rooster