Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics Season 1, Episode 15: The Water of Life

The Travelling Musicians of Bremen

An old donkey who can no longer haul heavy loads overhears his master's plan to kill him and eat him. So, he runs away to the town of Bremen to become a musician. Along the way, he meets a dog, a cat, and a rooster who join him.

25 min

Hansel and Gretel

Due to a devastating famine, two children, Hansel and Gretel, are abandoned in the woods by their cruel stepmother and are lured to a gingerbread house inhabited by a child-eating witch.

25 min

The Frog Prince

A selfish princess learns a lesson in humility and consideration for others from a talking frog.

25 min

The Frog Prince (2)

25 min

Little Red Riding Hood

A little girl on her way through the woods to her grandmother's house is accosted by a sneaky, hungry wolf.

25 min

The Golden Goose

A young simpleton is gifted a golden goose in return for an act of kindness. When three scheming sisters plot to steal the goose, they become stuck to it and every person who tries to free them becomes stuck in turn until they perform an unselfish act.

25 min

Puss in Boots

A clever cat schemes and cajoles to elevate his master's social and financial status.

25 min

Puss in Boots (2)

25 min

Snow White and Rose Red

Two sisters are visited in winter by a talking bear, but he leaves in the spring speaking of riches to protect and an evil spell. Then Snow White and Rose Red keep encountering a helpless but cold gnome, and later a prince seeking his lost brother.

25 min

Snow White

A vain and wicked queen orders the death of her stepdaughter, Snow White, for exceeding her beauty. But Snow White flees into the woods where she meets seven friendly dwarfs who help to protect her when the queen comes to finish the job.

25 min

Snow White (2)

25 min

Snow White (3)

25 min

Snow White (4)

25 min

The Six Who Went Far

A soldier is unjustly compensated by a money-hoarding king and princess. Forced to fend for himself, he meets five remarkable friends: a strongman, one who can run faster than any other human, one whose bare head can create ice and snow, one whose breath extends for a distance, and one who can see and shoot for miles. The soldier inspires them to follow him, then they decide to stop the cruelty of the country's rulers.

25 min

Bluebeard

Josephine's dreams of marrying a prince seem to come true when one sends for her in her forest home. Though her brothers are wary of her wedding a man none of them has met, she accepts eagerly - but is startled by his striking beard of blue. The prince, who provides Josephine with every luxury until she becomes haughty, has only one locked, mismatched room in his castle he will not discuss. When he leaves her with his keys and instructions to see that one is not used, Josephine is lured by it to the forbidden room, and a terrible secret.

25 min

Jorinde and Joringel

When Jorinde and her fiancé Joringel visit the woods, its witch they unknowingly encountered earlier draws them to her home and turns Jorinde into a nightingale and takes her as she does every maid she meets. After being unable to move to stop it, Joringel is driven out of the woods by her magic with only a puzzling message from Jorinde, and can't see a way to best the magic to free her.

25 min

Briar Rose

25 min

Old Sultan

25 min

King Grizzle Beard

25 min

The Naughty Spirit

25 min

The Worn-Out Dancing Shoes

25 min

Cinderella

25 min

Cinderella (2)

25 min