Däumelinchen

Here's a film that perhaps took itself a little too seriously. A thumb-sized girl is born, kidnapped by amphibians, and then escapes to find a more suitable partner. It's a journey that somehow manages to avoid any actual frogs turning into princes.

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Yugo Serikawa directed Däumelinchen in 1978. See Yugo Serikawa's full filmography, where to start with Yugo Serikawa, or where to go after you've seen everything by Yugo Serikawa.

Däumelinchen was released in 1978 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 63 minutes.