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Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty

1922 · 9 min · ★ 9.5 · Fantasy, Animation

A king and queen celebrate their daughter’s birth, but a forgotten fairy curses her to die by pricking her finger on a spindle. Another fairy softens the curse, allowing her to sleep for a hundred years. Despite efforts to remove all spindles, the princess pricks her finger and falls asleep, along with the entire castle.

Directed by Lotte Reiniger · Written by Lotte Reiniger

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