Mikhail Baryshnikov's Stories from My Childhood — Season 1, Episode 13: The Golden Rooster

Episode synopsis

An aged ruler wants to end the attacks his kingdom is now suffering. A magician offers a golden rooster that will warn of attack, and the czar promises whatever the magician wants in return. After several true warnings, the czar sends his sons, one after another, to the next threat. When they do not return, the czar follows them and finds a beautiful princess who intends to take his kingdom. He brings her back to the capital to make her his bride. But when the magician returns and demands the princess as his bride, the czar refuses, ceasing to be a king who keeps his ...

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
• E12The Prince and the Swan