Mikhail Baryshnikov's Stories from My Childhood — Season 1, Episode 2: The Wild Swans

Episode synopsis

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.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Snow Queen
• 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
• E13The Golden Rooster