Summary Rose and little Rudolf escape their abusive widowed stepmother to the forest, but she, a witch, places a spell over its ponds to turn their drinkers into animals. Rudolf drinks from one and changes into a deer. A few years later, a king who hunted him falls in love with and marries Rose. After she has had a son, she is captured by her stepmother and imprisoned in a mountain cave, told only selfless love can save her. Her own love allows her spirit to return to see her family, but then she weakens too much to do it again.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Ichirô Nagai Shigeru Chiba Mitsuko Horie Theodore Lehmann
Genres : Fantasy Animation Family
Release date : Dec 24, 1988
Countries of origin : United States Japan
Language : English Japanese
Production companies : Nippon Animation Co.
Summary Rose and little Rudolf escape their abusive widowed stepmother to the forest, but she, a witch, places a spell over its ponds to turn their drinkers into animals. Rudolf drinks from one and changes into a deer. A few years later, a king who hunted him falls in love with and marries Rose. After she has had a son, she is captured by her stepmother and imprisoned in a mountain cave, told only selfless love can save her. Her own love allows her spirit to return to see her family, but then she weakens too much to do it again.
Genres : Fantasy Animation Family
Release date : Dec 24, 1988
Countries of origin : United States Japan
Language : English Japanese
Production companies : Nippon Animation Co.
