The Enchanted Grove

The Enchanted Grove

75 mins | Adventure, Family, Fantasy | Jan. 1, 1980

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.

The Enchanted Grove

75 mins | Adventure, Family, Fantasy | Jan. 1, 1980

The Enchanted Grove
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.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Centrul de Producție Cinematografică București
Original title Dumbrava minunată
Directors Gheorghe Naghi
Writers Mihail Sadoveanu, Draga Olteanu Matei

Cast

Diana Muscă

as Lizuca

Ernest Maftei

as Grandfather

Elena Drăgoi

as Grandmother

Florina Cercel

as Stepmother

Matei Alexandru

as Father

Draga Olteanu Matei

as Cucoana Emilia

Ileana Stana Ionescu

as Madam Neicu

Cezara Dafinescu

as Dream Fairy

Maria Ploae

as Mother

Eugenia Maci

as Bee fairy