The Salt Prince (1983)

Original title

Soľ nad zlato

Directed by

Martin Hollý ml.

Genre

drama film, fantasy film, cinematic fairy tale

Country

West Germany, Czechoslovakia, Germany

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A king learns a lesson about value when he banishes his youngest daughter for saying she loves him as much as salt. She must find her way back to him and prove that salt is more precious than gold or gems.

whimsicalgentlefolkloricmoralisticlight-heartedvisually nostalgicmildly dramatic

What happens

The Salt Prince (Slovak: Soľ nad zlato, Czech: Sůl nad zlato, German: Der Salzprinz, Italian: Il Principe del Sale) is a 1983 Slovak fairy-tale film based on a novel by Pavol Dobšinský. The film's central lesson is that salt, as it is necessary for life, is more precious than gold and emeralds. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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