Charles Perrault

Charles Perrault

1628-01-12 Paris - France 92 Credits

Biography

French author who laid the foundations for the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. Perrault was an influential figure in the 17th-century French literary scene, and was the leader of the Modern faction during the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns. -Wikipedia

Filter by:

Complete Filmography

Dornröschen und der Fluch der siebten Fee

Dornröschen und der Fluch der siebten Fee

2024

Original Story

6.0
Writing

A 100-year-long curse must be overcome by the 16-year-old Prince Parvus to wake up the sleeping Princess Rosabella. But he doubts that he is the right...

Ouija Castle

Ouija Castle

2024

Characters

5.7

Princess Thalia's life is cast into shambles after her father's death. Queen Velma casts her into a never-ending sleep to take over the kingdom, but h...

Cinderella's Curse

Cinderella's Curse

2024

Characters

6.1

Desperate Cinderella summons her fairy godmother from an ancient flesh-bound book, seeking revenge on her evil stepmother and stepsisters who abuse an...

Cinderella's Revenge

Cinderella's Revenge

2024

Characters

5.3

Cinderella finds freedom from her wicked stepmother with the help of her fairy godmother. Only this time, they unleash a plan of bloody vengeance.

Cinderella

Cinderella

2021

Story

6.4
Writing

Cinderella, an orphaned girl with an evil stepmother, has big dreams and with the help of her Fabulous Godmother, she perseveres to make them come tru...

The Sleeping Beauty (Royal Ballet)

The Sleeping Beauty (Royal Ballet)

2020

Original Story

7.0
Writing

The wicked fairy Carabosse is furious she wasn’t invited to Princess Aurora’s christening. She gives the baby a spindle, saying that one day the Princ...

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

2019

Characters

7.3

Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending...

Cinderella

Cinderella

2018

Author

7.0

Sergei Prokofiev's setting of the fairy tale "Cinderella" premiered at Moscow's Bolshoi Theater in 1945. In 1986, Rudolf Nureyev, then ballet director...

Rossini: La Cenerentola

Rossini: La Cenerentola

2018

Original Story

Writing

Divested of its traditional attributes – glass slipper and pumpkin carriage – and dominated by a tyrannical stepfather instead of a cruel stepmother, ...

Massenet: Cendrillon

Massenet: Cendrillon

2018

Original Story

Writing

The 2017–18 Live in HD season concluded with an enchanted performance of Cendrillon, Massenet’s glittering operatic adaptation of the Cinderella story...

The New Adventures of Cinderella

The New Adventures of Cinderella

2017

Characters

4.9

It's Julie's birthday but she seems to be the only one who remembers... Until Marco, the man she secretly loves, calls her and tells her he's going to...

Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty

2017

Story

4.5
Writing

In the kingdom of Letonia, the young prince Égon spends his nights playing the drums. During the day, he only has one thing on his mind: finding Sleep...

Cinderella

Cinderella

2015

Story

6.8
Writing

When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, ...

Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle

Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle

2015

Original Story

5.0
Writing

Valery Gergiev conducts Mariusz Trelinski’s thrilling new production of these rarely heard one-act operas. Anna Netrebko stars as the blind princess o...

La Cenerentola

2014

Original Story

Writing

"This is Vienna State Opera live at home". December 2014.

Maleficent

Maleficent

2014

Book

7.1

A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army th...

The Metropolitan Opera: La Cenerentola

The Metropolitan Opera: La Cenerentola

2014

Original Story

8.0
Writing

Rossini’s charming take on the Cinderella story features a brilliant cast, led by bel canto stars Joyce DiDonato in the title role and Juan Diego Flór...

Bolshoi Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty

Bolshoi Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty

2011

Original Story

8.0
Writing

In this resplendent and magical classic, the Bolshoi dancers - including David Hallberg in his Bolshoi debut - take us on a dream-like journey through...

Puss in Boots

Puss in Boots

2011

Characters

6.6

Long before he even met Shrek, the notorious fighter, lover and outlaw Puss in Boots becomes a hero when he sets off on an adventure with the tough an...

Cendrillon

Cendrillon

2011

Original Story

Writing

Massenet composed his opera about Cenerentola nearly 80 years after Rossini did his. And if you are looking for the outburst of the non-stop hilarity ...

The Sleeping Beauty

The Sleeping Beauty

2010

Novel

4.8

A young princess is the subject of a tug-of-war among witches, as each struggles to find the suitable antidote to a death sentence inculcated by an ev...

Bluebeard

Bluebeard

2010

Original Story

5.6
Writing

Anne reads her younger sister, Marie-Catherine, the story of Bluebeard. In 17th-century France, another set of sisters — also named Anne and Marie-Cat...

Rossini: La Cenerentola

Rossini: La Cenerentola

2009

Original Story

3.3
Writing

"Irresistible" (Opera News) rising-star mezzo Elina Garanca triumphs as Rossini's Cinderella in this delightful Metropolitan Opera production. "As clo...

Little Red Riding Hood and Everyone

Little Red Riding Hood and Everyone

2008

Original Story

4.5
Writing

Mom sends her daughter to grandma's with pies and she meets a wolf on a forest path. However, the beast fails to deceive the girl. The heroes ride mot...

Rotkäppchen

Rotkäppchen

2005

Original Story

6.3
Writing

Leonie goes to her grandmother's house with her parents and her little brother Simon. Simon wants her to read Little Red Riding Hood to him. The famil...

Shrek 2

Shrek 2

2004

Characters

7.3

Shrek, Fiona, and Donkey set off to Far, Far Away to meet Fiona's mother and father, the Queen and King. But not everyone is happily ever after. Shrek...

Tom Thumb

Tom Thumb

2001

Writer

5.5
Writing

Poucet is a kid from a family of numerous children. The parents, too poor to feed them, decide to abandon them in the forest. Their, the brothers try ...

EverAfter

EverAfter

1998

Novel

7.4

Danielle, a vibrant young woman is forced into servitude after the death of her father when she was a young girl. Danielle's stepmother Rodmilla is a ...

La Cenerentola

La Cenerentola

1997

Original Story

Writing

A timeless tale told in a florid bel canto style, Rossini’s take on the Cinderella story offers an ideal propellant for a virtuosic mezzo-soprano to r...

Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty

1995

Novel

6.4

In a faraway kingdom, the king and queen had desired a child of their very own for a long time and when their wish finally came true, they announced a...

The Journey of Puss 'n Boots

The Journey of Puss 'n Boots

1995

Writer

Writing

A young man named Hans inherits a cat who turns out to be quite an ingenious character. The cat's name is Kusto and when he puts on a pair of boots, m...

Cinderella

Cinderella

1994

Story

6.4
Writing

Cinderella, the beautiful and kind-hearted girl who lives with her greedy stepmother and two selfish stepsisters, charms a handsome prince when her fa...

Le avventure eroti di Cappuccetto Rosso

Le avventure eroti di Cappuccetto Rosso

1993

Writer

7.0
Writing

Red Riding Hood is the sordid story of a nasty family… The Hoods, who indulge in sex without limits. Granny and mom’s escapades leave the neighbors br...

Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty

1991

Author

A ball is being held in the royal palace in honor of the birth of a beautiful and charming princess. The fairies present gifts to Princess Aurora, and...

Timeless Tales: Puss in Boots

Timeless Tales: Puss in Boots

1991

Original Story

10.0
Writing

Young Carlisle is a poor miller's son with a most unusual inheritance: a cat named Puss who reveals her can talk and think. Puss helps Carlisle win th...

Puss in Boots

Puss in Boots

1988

Writer

7.1
Writing

A cat belonging to a poor miller's son thinks up a great plan for bringing a title, wealth, and marriage for his owner. He begins to carry it out, usi...

About the Cat...

About the Cat...

1987

Original Story

5.8
Writing

The musical based on the famous "Puss in the Boots".

Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella

Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella

1985

Writer

Writing

Faerie Tale Theatre's "Cinderella" more than lives up to the series' stellar legacy of creative fairytale adaptations. Featuring a cast which includes...

Bluebeard

1984

Story

Writing

When Barbe-bleue loses his fifth wife, the turbulent Boulotte is selected at random to be the next one. But Barbe-Bleue falls in love with Hermia – wh...

The Company of Wolves

The Company of Wolves

1984

Writer

6.3
Writing

An adaptation of Angela Carter's fairy tales. Young Rosaleen dreams of a village in the dark woods, where Granny tells her cautionary tales in which i...

Fairy tales of the old magician

Fairy tales of the old magician

1984

Original Story

6.3
Writing

A princess is born to the king and queen of a fairy-tale kingdom. The wicked witch, who resented not being invited to the princess's birthday party, c...

Rossini: La Cenerentola

Rossini: La Cenerentola

1983

Original Story

Writing

La Cenerentola is Gioachino Rossini's version of the popular Cinderella story, an exciting mixture of comedy, pathos, coloratura fireworks and masquer...

Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty

1983

Story

6.6
Writing

A prince chases his destiny to an ancient castle in search of a cursed princess, thanks to the help of an informative lumberjack.

Donkey's Hide

Donkey's Hide

1982

Novel

6.1

At the festivities marking the christening of princess Theresa, daughter of King Gaston IX, a wicked fairy made a mysterious prophecy about the girl's...

La Cenerentola

La Cenerentola

1981

Original Story

7.6
Writing

The Prince, Don Ramiro (who has changed places with his valet, Dandini), meets Cenerentola and they are instantly attracted to each other. When the Ph...

Histoire du petit Chaperon rouge

1981

Original Story

Writing

A nebojíš se, princezničko?

1980

Book

The story of a princess who despised the deep love of a wise king is taken from the legacy of the French writer Charles Perrault. Like all fairy tales...

Cinderella

Cinderella

1979

Story

7.2
Writing

The Cinderella story.

Barbe bleue

1979

Author

While her husband is away, Bluebeard's seventh wife sets out to discover all the secrets hidden in the castle using the keys he has given her. But she...

About the Little Red Riding Hood

About the Little Red Riding Hood

1977

Story

6.1
Writing

A sequel to the well-known story about a Little Red Riding Hood (Krasnaya Shapochka). This time, a family of a slain wolf decides to avenge his death....

Princ Chocholouš

1974

Book

Tom Thumb

Tom Thumb

1972

Story

4.8
Writing

Classic fairy-tale story about Tom Thumb against Giant. Parents are poor and want to leave Tom Thumb in forest. But Tom Thumb is clever and marks his ...

Cinderella

Cinderella

1970

Writer

6.0
Writing

Cinderella is helped to the ball by her fairy godmother in The Royal Ballet's version of the classic fairy tale, using Sergei Prokofiev's music and Fr...

Donkey Skin

Donkey Skin

1970

Novel

7.2

A fairy godmother helps a princess disguise herself so she won't have to marry her father.

The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots

The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots

1969

Book

7.1

His goal is to help the weak and defenseless, but his saving a mouse makes him the most wanted in all the land. On the run from incessant, dim-witted ...

Hey Cinderella!

Hey Cinderella!

1969

Book

7.0

Hey Cinderella! is a one-hour Jim Henson special which tells a cracked version of the classic fairy tale. Cinderella lives with her wicked stepmother ...

The Emperor's New Clothes

The Emperor's New Clothes

1968

Author

Once upon a time there was a king who loved to dress up so much that he spent all his money on new dresses. If they said about some kings: “The king i...

Puss in Boots

Puss in Boots

1968

Book

7.5

A miller has three sons. When he dies the eldest son inherites the mill, the middle one a donkey and the youngest son gets only a cat. At frist the yo...

The Wacky World of Mother Goose

The Wacky World of Mother Goose

1967

Book

3.0

In this animated children's film, Mother Goose and her fairytale friends must stop a group of sneaky spies.

Little Tom Thumb

Little Tom Thumb

1966

Book

Animated version of the fairy tale. Tom proves himself cleverer than his brothers when he outwits an ogre and returns home with treasure.

Cinderella

Cinderella

1965

Story

6.4
Writing

After the success of the live 1957 Cinderella on CBS (with Julie Andrews), the network decided to produce another television version. The new script ...

Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty

1964

Writer

3.0
Writing

The radiant Alla Sizova stars as Princess Aurora in this artful film version of Tchaikovsky's timeless classic from the world-renowned Kirov Ballet, a...

Puss n' Boots

Puss n' Boots

1961

Short Story

5.5
Writing

Mexican adaptation of the famed fairy tale.

Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty

1959

Novel, Story

6.9
Writing

Cursed to die by the evil fairy Maleficent when she was a baby, Princess Aurora is sent into hiding under protection from three good fairies. As she g...

Petia and Little Red Riding Hood

Petia and Little Red Riding Hood

1958

Characters

7.4

A boy finds his way into the Little Red Riding Hood cartoon in order to save the girl from the Big Bad Wolf.

Tom Thumb

Tom Thumb

1957

Story

7.0
Writing

A young boy born extraordinarily small must rescue his older brothers from a wicked ogre.

The Sleeping Beauty

The Sleeping Beauty

1954

Writer

7.5
Writing

Puss in Boots

1954

Story

6.0
Writing

An animated short film based on the famous fairytale by the Brothers Grimm about the enterprising cat in boots and a feather hat, who manages to procu...

Bluebeard

Bluebeard

1951

Novel

5.3

Just before wowing international critics and moviegoers with his adventure romp Fanfan la Tulipe, director Christian-Jaque dashed off the lampoonish B...

Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time

1950

Story

6.2
Writing

Once Upon a Time, one of the first animated films made in Spain, is a free adaptation of the story Cinderella by Charles Perrault. It was directed by ...

Cinderella

Cinderella

1950

Novel

7.0

Cinderella has faith her dreams of a better life will come true. With help from her loyal mice friends and a wave of her Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinde...

Cinderella

Cinderella

1947

Story

6.7
Writing

In the fairy kingdom live stepmother, her evil daughters — Anna and Maryana, a limp husband-forester and his daughter from his first marriage — Cinder...

Puss in Boots

Puss in Boots

1938

Book

8.0

The youngest son in a family inherits only a cat when his parents die. It turns out that it is a quite peculiar cat...

Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood

1937

Original Story, Characters

Writing

A classic Soviet, black-and-white, animated film by the sisters Brumberg, "grandmothers of the Russian animation". Its plot differs slightly from the ...

Bluebeard

Bluebeard

1936

Writer

6.0
Writing

Perrault's fairy tale presented in claymation with choral voices. Bluebeard goes courting, all six of his wives having died. He arrives at the house o...

The Big Bad Wolf

The Big Bad Wolf

1934

Story

6.5
Writing

The Big Bad Wolf torments Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs.

Cendrillon

Cendrillon

1922

Story

Writing
Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood

1918

Story

Writing
Cinderella

Cinderella

1914

Story

5.5
Writing

Good-hearted Cinderella is mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, but she is able to go to the Royal Ball with the help of the Fairy Godmother....

Cinderella

Cinderella

1911

Story

6.4
Writing

Elaborately produced version of the well known George O. Nichols fairy tale interrupted by just a few summarizing intertitles, with Florence LaBadie a...

Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood

1911

Writer

Writing

A little girl walks through the woods to deliver food to her sickly grandmother, only to discover a wolf in her stead.

Tom Thumb

1909

Writer

5.0
Writing

This adaptation of Charles Perrault's classic novel briefly presents the story of a poor family who doesn't find means to sustain their home and end u...

Donkey Skin

1908

Novel

5.3

A wealthy man who possess a magical donkey desires to marry his own daughter. In exchange for her consent, she asks him to kill the donkey, the source...

Puss in Boots

Puss in Boots

1908

Original Story

4.0
Writing
Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty

1908

Novel

4.4

Based on the story of "Sleeping Beauty" by Charles Perrault. Titles read: The Christening of the Princess; The Good Fairies Fatal Prediction; The Roy...

Cinderella

Cinderella

1907

Novel

5.4

This is a compact telling of the Cinderella fairy tale and the film is elaborately staged.

Hop o' My Thumb

Hop o' My Thumb

1905

Writer

Writing

A poor woodcutter abandons his 7 children in the woods.

Puss In Boots

Puss In Boots

1903

Writer

5.7
Writing

Early silent adaptation of the fairy-tale Puss In Boots.

Bluebeard

Bluebeard

1901

Story

6.2
Writing

A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances.

Cinderella

Cinderella

1899

Story

6.2
Writing

A fairy godmother magically turns Cinderella's rags to a beautiful dress, and a pumpkin into a coach. Cinderella goes to the ball, where she meets the...

Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble

Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble

N/A

Characters

When Peter Pan and Tinker Bell assemble an evil team with Mary Poppins, Winnie and his friends assemble a team to face them. Including Bambi, Piglet, ...

Awakening Sleeping Beauty

Awakening Sleeping Beauty

N/A

Characters

Awakening Sleeping Beauty is an upcoming British independent slasher film produced by Jagged Edge Productions and ITN Studios. The film serves as the ...