The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin

The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin

1981 · 10 min · ★ 7.2 · Animation, Romance

Cinderella has to stay home while her evil stepsisters go to the ball. You know the rest except everyone here is a penguin (even the mice that become the "horses") and the lost slipper is more like a swimming flipper.

Directed by Janet Perlman

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