English title: Donkey Skin.
Synopsis (SPOILERS): A widower king wants to wed with his own daughter. She stalls him with complex demandings and eventually flees donning a donkey skin, which she keeps on at all times (why?). She employs herself as a maid at a witch's house.
Appraisal: Musical version of a lesser known fable by Perrault, first published in 1696 and probably based on earlier oral tradition. While in Cinderella there was a glass slipper, here there is a ring. In both, the heroine is a lowly servant who eventually marries the prince. Here, however, she has noble blood. I guess the film should please girls under 16.
Rating: 40
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