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Título original: The Storyteller

Serie de TV
1987–1989
TV-Y7
24min

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Relata míticos cuentos europeos a través de la combinación de actuación de actores reales y marionetas. La temática es muy variada, tratan los temas universales propios del folclore y de la ... Leer todoRelata míticos cuentos europeos a través de la combinación de actuación de actores reales y marionetas. La temática es muy variada, tratan los temas universales propios del folclore y de la tradición de los cuentos de hadas.Relata míticos cuentos europeos a través de la combinación de actuación de actores reales y marionetas. La temática es muy variada, tratan los temas universales propios del folclore y de la tradición de los cuentos de hadas.

Creación
- Jim Henson
Reparto principal

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Creación
- Jim Henson
Reparto principal

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Ganó 1 premio Primetime Emmy
- 4 premios y 3 nominaciones en total

Episodios9

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• 1987–1988

Brian Henson

Storyteller's Dog…

• 1987–1988

Frederick Warder

Giant…

• 1987–1988

David Greenaway

Badger…

• 1988

Robert Tygner

Badger…

• 1988

Alistair Fullarton

Death…

• 1988

Mak Wilson

Badger…

• 1988

Diana Payan

Miller's Wife…

• 1988

Robin Summers

Jailer…

• 1987–1988

Michael Kilgarriff

Lion…

• 1987–1988

Peter Marinker

Devil…

• 1988

Reece Dinsdale

Fearnot

• 1987

Eric Richard

Farmer

• 1987

Miranda Richardson

Witch

• 1988

Alison Doody

Sapsorrow

• 1988

Bob Peck

Soldier

• 1988

Jane Horrocks

Anja

• 1988

Steven Mackintosh

Lucky

• 1988

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Edu-16

Hopelessly underrated. Bloody Brilliant

Although the Soldier's story was the best - they were all marvellous. Good stories, well told, and despite the animatronics, taken seriously by the actors.

It was tucked away on Channel 4 in the UK. I missed one or two of them, but where as most rubbish gets repeated ad nausium - Storyteller wasn't. Typical.

Do not miss out. If this is on - tape it !

10hitchs

The best

This is the best television series for children (and adults) ever. John Hurt is a great actor, with many excellent performances over many years, but he was born to play the storyteller. The scripts for almost every episode are superb pieces of craftsmanship, and the productions run the gamut of the emotions, being alternately funny, sad, happy, exciting, and always hauntingly beautiful. It is hard to pick a best episode from so many excellent contenders, but "The Soldier and Death", with its timeless pathos, is unbeatable. It is a series to watch with your children, over and over again.

theD

Possibly Henson's most brilliant creation.

The Storyteller is excellent on so many levels. It tells fables or fairy tales from a variety of cultural sources and "universalizes" them somewhat for people who don't understand the particular cultural context. It's filmatic techniques are fantastic, such as the many clever segues from scene to scene. And, the creature effects are still better than anything anyone else has tried to do. The entire series is a testament to the creative genius of Jim Henson that has, unfortunately, been lost with him.

9skphotos2

i found it

its been years since i have seen these shows. i have been searching years for anyone else that has seen these or know anything about them. i thought i made them up. the one i remember most is the soldier and death. i'd ask movie fanatics if they had seen these, mentioning its a Jim Henson and people still didn't know. these are great fables. i was very young when i was these, not even 10 and it left a lasting impression on my life and beliefs. i would recommend anyone to watch these, just remember they are from the 80's so they don't look like the movies today. just give them a shot. Jim Henson was way ahead of his time and died to early.

10Rich-94

TV at it's finest

Beautiful art direction, excellent editing and wonderful stories make this some of the best television ever produced. The fact that it was relatively short lived is sadly reflective on the state of television. I highly recommend snatching these up as they're released, you'll love them.

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Sir John Hurt loved working on this series, and wished it could've lasted for more than one season. Jim Henson also planned to use more detailed folktales and the Creature Shop to make more episodes, some possibly being hour-long specials. However, despite critical acclaim, low ratings due to parents feeling the series was too frightening for children led to the series being canceled after its first season. Some completed scripts included ones based on Petrosinella, an Italian version of Rapunzel; The Witch Baby, which was used in the 2011 Storyteller graphic novel anthology; and Vasilissa the Beautiful, which was adapted into four issue comic book miniseries "The Storyteller: Witches" in 2014 which was followed by more miniseries each year including "The Storyteller: Dragons" in 2015, "The Storyteller: Giants" in 2016, "The Storyteller: Fairies" in 2017, "The Storyteller: Sirens" in 2019, "The Storyteller: Ghosts" in 2020, "The Storyteller: Tricksters" in 2021 and "The Storyteller: Shapeshifters" in 2022. It is unknown if there will be further additions to the series.

Citas
The Storyteller: [opening lines] When people told themselves their past with stories, explained their present with stories, foretold the future with stories, the best place by the fire was kept for... The Storyteller.

Créditos adicionales
A bird flies through various scenes, before emerging from the Storyteller's mouth and dropping a ring on a stone, which forms the O in the series title.