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The Enchanted Grove

The Enchanted Grove

A little girl and her dog in a enchanted journey

19805.91h 15m

Overview

Lizuca is only six years old, not much older than her pet dachshund Patrocle, when her mother dies and she is left to live with her grandparents on their farm. Before long, Lizuca's father comes to take her away to live with him and his new bride, a vile woman who considers children the bane of all existence. Lizuca and the dachshund escape the wicked stepmother and spend the night in a hollow tree, a tree that changes into an enchanted land where Lizuca (like Alice through the Looking Glass) discovers a world of characters in the form of bees, frogs, the four seasons, Snow White, her dwarves, and other fairy tale creatures. This magic place is threatened by the evil stepmother's plan to sell the grove that protects the secret land to developers -- a decision that puts the woman on trial before this perfidy can be realized.

Directed by Gheorghe Naghi
Written by Mihail Sadoveanu, Draga Olteanu Matei
Produced by Ion Bucheru
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Top Cast

Diana Muscă

Diana Muscă

Lizuca

Ernest Maftei

Ernest Maftei

Grandfather

E

Elena Drăgoi

Grandmother

Florina Cercel

Florina Cercel

Stepmother

Matei Alexandru

Matei Alexandru

Father

Draga Olteanu Matei

Draga Olteanu Matei

Cucoana Emilia

Ileana Stana Ionescu

Ileana Stana Ionescu

Madam Neicu

Cezara Dafinescu

Cezara Dafinescu

Dream Fairy

R

Rodica Popescu Bitănescu

The maid

Maria Ploae

Maria Ploae

Mother

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Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookfairy taleforestgrandparentsrural arealittle girlorphanromanianjourneychildren's storychildren's adventure

About The Enchanted Grove

The Enchanted Grove is a adventure, family, fantasy film released in 1980 exploring themes of based on novel or book, fairy tale, forest, grandparents, rural area, little girl. Directed by Gheorghe Naghi, it stars Diana Muscă, Ernest Maftei, Elena Drăgoi. Lizuca is only six years old, not much older than her pet dachshund Patrocle, when her mother dies and she is left to live with her grandparents on their farm. Before long, Lizuca's father comes to take her away to live with him and his new bride, a vile woman who considers children the bane of all existence. Lizuca and the dachshund escape the wicked stepmother and spend the night in a hollow tree, a tree that changes into an enchanted land where Lizuca (like Alice through the Looking Glass) discovers a world of characters in the form of bees, frogs, the four seasons, Snow White, her dwarves, and other fairy tale creatures. This magic place is threatened by the evil stepmother's plan to sell the grove that protects the secret land to developers -- a decision that puts the woman on trial before this perfidy can be realized.

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