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The Salt Prince (1983)

The Salt Prince poster
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
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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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