#three wishes for cinderella

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period drama + snow ball fights ☃︎⋆꙳•❅*ִ

THE BUCCANEERS (2023 - )

BRIGHT STAR (2009)

LITTLE WOMEN (2017)

ANNE WITH AN E (2017 - 2019)

LITTLE WOMEN (1994)

THREE WISHES FOR CINDERELLA (1973)

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Iconic outifts in TŘI OŘÍŠKY PRO POPELKU 1973 | dir. Václav Vorlíček

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"I don't know if she's a Princess but she's beautiful. And somewhere here I lost her."

Tři oříšky pro Popelku / Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel / Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973) dir. by Václav Vorlíček.

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Libuše Šafránková as Cinderella – Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973) costume designer Theodor Pistek

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Cinderella's cape in Three Wishes for Cinderella

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Tři oříšky pro Popelku - Václav Vorlíček - 1973 - Czechoslovakia/East Germany

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Cengiz Al as The Prince in Tre nøtter til Askepott (2021)

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THREE WISHES FOR CINDERELLA / TRE NØTTER TIL ASKEPOTT (2021) dir. Cecilie A. Mosli

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SJUR VATNE BREAN as Bendik & ARTHUR HAKALAHTI as Sami 2022 • Tre Nøtter Til Askepott • dir. Cecilie A. Mosli

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THREE WISHES FOR CINDERELLA, 1973

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Libuše Šafránková as Popelka in TŘI OŘÍŠKY PRO POPELKU (1973)

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Libuše Šafránková as Cinderella in Tři oříšky pro Popelku / Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel / Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973) dir. by Václav Vorlíček.

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Something I don’t at all understand about Norwegians remaking Three nuts for Cinderella (Tři oříšky pro Popelku) is the claim to make it more feminist like

I think this is like the ONE version of Cinderella that’s feminist, especially for its time. It’s got the main heroine be strong, capable, tough and need no man to save her and not waiting patiently for her life to turn around while also being an androgynous icon who slays in a hunter’s outfit as well as in a dress and is a good and kind person without losing her femininity.

No hate to the norwegian remake, but I just don’t think the “more feminist” argument works.

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ROUND 1B, MATCH 16 OUT OF 16!

*Though I am referring to her as Popelka, her original name in Czech, she is also often referred to as Aschenbrödel, her German name. Additionally, Three Wishes for Cinderella is the English title (with an alternate localized title being Three Gifts for Cinderella). The original Czech title, Tři oříšky pro Popelku, and the German title Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel both are translated as Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella. All names and titles have been tagged. Any local Czech or German speakers feel free to correct me for any mistakes! :)

Propaganda Under the Cut:

Danielle:

This is, imo, the single best retelling of Cinderella out there. She has a great character, her relationship with the prince grows organically rather than happening in a single night, and the scene with the bandits is top tier

The story is told as a historical romance instead of anything supernatural happening. Drew Barrymore is a cute Cinderella, Anjelica Houston is an incredible stepmother, and she's also really nasty to one of the stepsisters too, who ends up taking Danielle (Cinderella)'s side. Also Leonardo da Vinci is hanging around painting a portrait of Danielle at one point.

The Drew Barrymore Cinderella is fantastic. It’s got real history mixed with beautiful whimsy! I absolutely love the butterfly wings and how she spoke up for her step mother and sister at the end (and that they were still punished). I feel like I need to go watch it now.

she’s funny and smart and she’s resourceful (also her outfits are historically accurate!)

Popelka:

She has so much personality. She's funny, smart, kind, has a lot of spunk, and she really does things instead of just waiting for miracles to occur. Also, she's a great rider and has a deadly aim with bow and arrow.

She finds three hazelnuts that grant her wishes by giving the clothes to do what she wants. Beautiful dresses. The prince puts a ring on her finger while she’s in her huntsman’s outfit.

I don't know how it's faring in modern day Czechia, but here in Germany, Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel is still THE (non-Disney) Cinderella adaptation and a yearly rewatch for many, despite literally turning fifty this year. It's just so fairytale and also just... good? And she hangs out in the woods and shoots with a crossbow and saves deer and gives the prince riddles and then the music aaa the music!! I guess this isn't just a submission of this version of the character but this version of the story. For those who don't know: This adaptation is based on a Czech author's retelling of the Grimm version of the story, the film was a co-production of Czechoslovakia and East Germany and it slaps so hard it gets played at least 10 times (usually more) on public german television in and around December every single year. This is not an exaggeration, you can look it up, they even make a special, official info graphic with all the air dates every year that people can (and do!) share on social media. In Germany, the main event of Christmas is the 24th, Christmas eve, and on that day they play it at least 4 times (often more) at different times of the day on different public channels (ALL of which any German with a hooked up tv has access to) so anyone who wants to watch it gets a chance to. And Aschenbrödel herself in the movie STILL holds up as a (within reasonable expectations) feminist character, she's skilled, she's smart, she's witty, she and the prince actually talk and they like each other for their personalities, like... yes, there's a couple of flaws with the movie that time has pointed out, but mostly small, background things or things you simply cannot expect a movie from 1973 to get right. It's SO well made and just plain charming, it has truly stood the test of time and I would be devastated if it weren't included. It's also my mum's favourite movie (she's from East Germany and was born in 1969 so she's had regular access to it basically all her conscious life) so we would actually usually watch it multiple times each year and even record it (first on VHS, later again on DVD) so we could rewatch it any time and yet, I literally never got tired of it. It's just good & magical & I love it. Even my brother, who usually didn't care for fairytale movies at all and would much rather play video games in his room, would come down and sit with us to watch this one, THAT'S how good and magical this movie is.

And if all that hasn't convinced you yet but you speak German, here it is on YouTube, go watch it:

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(I won't provide a Czech link since I can't vouch for any of them as I don't speak czech)

Anyway, dear tournament runner: Have a pic of Aschenbrödel, in my favourite of her magically provided outfits, for the poll:

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She is the Cinderella of like eastern central Europe and the Story is a little different (she's no. 1 girlboss, beats the prince in a shooting contest and instead of a fairy she has 3 magic hazelnuts/ a magic owl)

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Cinderellas wedding dress in Three Wishes For Cinderella