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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.

Creador/a
- Jim Henson
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8,8/10

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Creador/a
- Jim Henson
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Ganó 1 premio Primetime Emmy
- 4 premios y 3 nominaciones en total

Episodios9

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DestacadoMejor puntuado 1 temporada2 años

• 1987–1988

Brian Henson

Storyteller's Dog…

• 1987–1988

Frederick Warder

Half Man…

• 1987–1988

David Greenaway

Badger…

• 1988

Robert Tygner

Badger…

• 1988

Alistair Fullarton

Hare…

• 1988

Mak Wilson

Badger…

• 1988

Michael Kilgarriff

Pond Sprite…

• 1987–1988

Diana Payan

Miller's Wife…

• 1988

Robin Summers

Jailer…

• 1987–1988

Peter Marinker

Wolf…

• 1988

Reece Dinsdale

Fearnot

• 1987

Eric Richard

Farmer

• 1987

Miranda Richardson

Witch

• 1988

Steven Mackintosh

Lucky

• 1988

Alison Doody

Sapsorrow

• 1988

Jane Horrocks

Anja

• 1988

Bob Peck

Soldier

• 1988

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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.

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.

dipantha

Classic and beautiful

The Storyteller is a series that will age well, despite some use of primitive computer generated effects. It appeals to young and old, as long as there is still a sense of wonder and magic in the individual. It is beautifully, lyrically written and based on ancient stories that have been thoroughly researched. The actors are magnificent, as are the creatures which Jim Henson's team creates. The medieval score lends an authenticity to each episode and is thoroughly enchanting in its own right. There is a richness to the series that is not found in Disney, as there is no attempt to dumb down the stories for children. The best episodes are "The Three Ravens", "Straggletag" and "The Soldier and Death".

Jen175

Wonderful

This series is wonderful. It was bought for me when I was little, and I still love watching it. I know all the stories by heart, but I still get carried away in the magic and beauty of it all. It's hard to pick a favourite episode, but I'd have to say Sapsorrow is way up there. I guess I've always loved the pretty dresses and the mysterious way the beautiful princess transforms into a hideous creature. And the two bad sisters!- you can't help but love to hate them, and Jennifer Saunders is brilliant!

And whoever said that this series is 'insane' must be insane themselves, and have absolutely no idea about culture or about the magical world of stories.

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.

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Curiosidades
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.

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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.