History Series / TheSingingRingingTree

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: When the princess gets cursed with ugliness, her hair turns green. This probably made more sense in the 1950's before this trope became an acceptable style statement.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: When the princess gets cursed with ugliness, her hair turns green. [[invoked]] [[ValuesDissonance This probably made more sense in the 1950's before this trope became an acceptable style statement.]]

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: The Princess is temporarily cursed with ugliness to reflect her inner nature and regains her beauty when she learns to become a better person. Although [[HollywoodHomely she actually looks just as good with green hair as with blonde.]]

'''''The Singing Ringing Tree''''' (German: '''''Das singende, klingende Bäumchen''''') was a children's film made by UsefulNotes/{{East German|y}} studio DEFA in 1957 and shown in the form of a television series by the BBC. It was a story in the style of Creator/TheBrothersGrimm, directed by Francesco Stefani.

-->"Imagine a FairyTale conceived by [[Creator/RichardWagner Wagner]] and directed by Creator/FritzLang, with nods in the direction of ''Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari'' and GermanExpressionism, and you'd be close."

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-CIovBE9iE Here's]] the Glorious Technicolour opening, to give you a flavor of what it's like.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: When the princess gets cursed with ugliness, her hair turns green. [[Invoked]] [[ValuesDissonance This probably made more sense in the 1950's before this trope became an acceptable style statement.]]

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: When the princess gets cursed with ugliness, her hair turns green. {{Invoked|Trope}} [[ValuesDissonance This probably made more sense in the 1950's before this trope became an acceptable style statement.]]

'''''The Singing Ringing Tree''''' (German: '''''Das singende, klingende Bäumchen''''') was a children's film made by [[EastGermany East German]] studio DEFA in 1957 and shown in the form of a television series by the BBC. It was a story in the style of Creator/TheBrothersGrimm, directed by Francesco Stefani.

--> "Imagine a FairyTale conceived by [[Creator/RichardWagner Wagner]] and directed by Creator/FritzLang, with nods in the direction of ''Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari'' and GermanExpressionism, and you'd be close."

[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-CIovBE9iE Here]]'s the Glorious Technicolour opening, to give you a flavor of what it's like.

!!The singing ringing tropes:
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: The Princess is temporarily cursed with ugliness to reflect her inner nature and regains her beauty when she learns to become a better person. Although [[HollywoodHomely she actually looks just as good with green hair as with blonde]].

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: When the princess gets cursed with ugliness, her hair turns green. [[invoked]] [[ValuesDissonance This probably made more sense in the 1950s before this trope became an acceptable style statement.]]

''The Singing Ringing Tree'' (German: Das singende, klingende Bäumchen) was a children's film made by [[EastGermany East German]] studio DEFA in 1957 and shown in the form of a television series by the BBC. It was a story in the style of Creator/TheBrothersGrimm, directed by Francesco Stefani.

!!This film provides examples of:

The film was purchased by Creator/TheBBC and cut into three parts to create a mini-series which was first broadcast 19 November 1964 to 3 December 1964 as part of ''Tales from Europe'', with an English-language voice-over track (not dubbed, however, the original soundtrack was simply faded up and down). It was repeated many times through to 1980.

The film was purchased by the {{BBC}} and cut into three parts to create a mini-series which was first broadcast 19 November 1964 to 3 December 1964 as part of ''Tales from Europe'', with an English-language voice-over track (not dubbed, however, the original soundtrack was simply faded up and down). It was repeated many times through to 1980.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The King ''presumably'' recovers from grief when his daughter returns home safely but his fate isn't made clear. The giant fish is also left stranded when The Dwarf drains the lake and although the lake refills after his defeat the fish isn't seen again.

* NoNameGiven: No-one is named, there's just The Prince; The Princess; The King and The Dwarf.

--> "Imagine a FairyTale conceived by [[Creator/RichardWagner Wagner]] and directed by Creator/FritzLang, with nods in the direction of ''Film/TheCabinetOfDoctorCaligari'' and GermanExpressionism, and you'd be close."

--> "Imagine a FairyTale conceived by [[Creator/RichardWagner Wagner]] and directed by Creator/FritzLang, with nods in the direction of ''TheCabinetOfDoctorCaligari'' and GermanExpressionism, and you'd be close."

[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-CIovBE9iE Here]]'s the Glorious Technicolour opening, to give you a flavour of what it's like...

!!Tropes:

''The Singing Ringing Tree'' (German: Das singende, klingende Bäumchen) was a children's film made by East German studio DEFA in 1957 and shown in the form of a television series by the BBC. It was a story in the style of Creator/TheBrothersGrimm, directed by Francesco Stefani.

--> "Imagine a FairyTale conceived by [[Creator/RichardWagner Wagner]] and directed by FritzLang, with nods in the direction of ''TheCabinetOfDoctorCaligari'' and GermanExpressionism, and you'd be close."

--> "Imagine a FairyTale conceived by [[RichardWagner Wagner]] and directed by FritzLang, with nods in the direction of ''{{The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari}}'' and GermanExpressionism, and you'd be close."

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''The Singing Ringing Tree'' (German: Das singende, klingende Bäumchen) was a children's film made by East German studio DEFA in 1957 and shown in the form of a television series by the BBC. It was a story in the style of the BrothersGrimm, directed by Francesco Stefani.

The Singing Ringing Tree (German: Das singende, klingende Bäumchen) was a children's film made by East German studio DEFA in 1957 and shown in the form of a television series by the BBC. It was a story in the style of the Brothers Grimm, directed by Francesco Stefani.

The film was purchased by the BBC and cut into three parts to create a mini-series which was first broadcast 19 November 1964 to 3 December 1964 as part of Tales from Europe, with an English-language voice-over track (not dubbed, however, the original soundtrack was simply faded up and down). It was repeated many times through to 1980.

Imagine a fairy tale conceived by Wagner and directed by Fritz Lang, with nods in the direction of The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari and German expressionism, and you'd be close.

Here's the Glorious Technicolour opening, to give you a flavour of what it's like...(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-CIovBE9iE)