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- DirectorJ. Searle DawleyStarsDorothy CummingCreighton HaleLionel BrahamSnow White, a beautiful girl, is despised by a wicked queen who tries to destroy her. With the aid of dwarves in the woods, Snow White overcomes the queen.
- DirectorCharles WestonStarsAimee EhrlichRuth RichieEleanor Assmus"Mirror, mirror on the wall who's the fairest of them all?" The Wicked Queen knows that the looking glass will always answer, "you are." But one day, the magic mirror has something new to say: Snow White, the Queen's stepdaughter, has grown into the most beautiful woman in the land. Enraged by this news, the Wicked Queen orders one of her underlings to murder the girl. But the assassin does not have the heart to hurt such a lovely and innocent creature. Instead, he tells Snow White of the Queen's evil plot, and urges her to escape. Frightened by the news, Snow White flees the castle and finds a new home with a family of gold-mining dwarfs. But her jealous stepmother possesses powers that may still bring harm to the sweet and generous girl...
- DirectorDave FleischerRoland CrandallStarsCab CallowayBilly MurrayMae QuestelTrouble starts when the queen's magic mirror says Betty Boop is fairest. Cab Calloway sings "St. James Infirmary Blues."
- DirectorWilliam CottrellDavid HandWilfred JacksonStarsAdriana CaselottiHarry StockwellLucille La VerneExiled into the dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother, a princess is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make her part of their household.
- DirectorPaolo William TamburellaStarsRossana PodestàRoberto RissoGeorges MarchalHaving been warned in dreams that Snow White is in danger, the Seven Dwarfs set out to rescue the princess from the evil Prince of Darkness.
- DirectorIvan Ivanov-VanoAleksandra Snezhko-BlotskayaStarsMariya BabanovaZinaida BokarevaNikolay LitvinovA cruel queen jealous of her stepdaughter's beauty sends her deep into the woods on the night before wedding. The princess comes across a hut where seven good knights live, while the prince goes on a quest to find his bride.
- DirectorErich KoblerStarsElke ArendtAddi AdametzNiels ClausnitzerSnow White's mother, the Queen dies when she is born. Her father, the King, remarries a beautiful but vain lady. The new Queen has a magic mirror that she asks every day, who is the fairest one of all? When it answers Snow White, the Queen is furious. Will handsome Prince Charming and the Seven Dwarfs be able to save Snow White from the wicked Queen's wrath?
- DirectorGottfried KolditzStarsDoris WeikowMarianne Christina SchillingWolf-Dieter PanseHated by her jealous and bloodthirsty stepmother, Snow White flees a murder attempt and seeks shelter in the woods with seven kindly dwarfs. Feeling she is safe from harm, Snow White welcomes the disguised queen into her home...with fatal consequences.
- DirectorWalter LangFrank TashlinStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCarol HeissAn ice-skating Snow White finds refuge from the Wicked Queen with the Three Stooges.
- DirectorHenry LevinGeorge PalStarsLaurence HarveyClaire BloomKarlheinz BöhmThe story of Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, and three of their stories.
- DirectorErtem GöreçStarsZeynep DegirmenciogluSalih GüneySuna SelenThe adaptation of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
- StarsBernard CowanBillie Mae RichardsPeggi LoderAn animated anthology series by Rankin/Bass, featuring adaptations of both folk tales and classic literature. Among the characters featured in various episodes were Cinderella, Hiawatha, Captain Nemo, Johnny Appleseed, Robin Hood, Puss in Boots, Paul Bunyan, Sleeping Beauty, Alice in Wonderland, Robinson Crusoe, Tom Sawyer, and Snow White.
- DirectorVladimir GorikkerStarsIrina AlfyorovaAleksandr KirillovLyudmila DrebnyovaAn adaptation of Alexander Pushkin's poem 'The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights' in which a vain and jealous tsaritza wants to have her stepdaughter killed because she has become more beautiful than her.
- 1982–198754mTV-PG7.8 (333)TV EpisodeDirectorPeter MedakStarsElizabeth McGovernVanessa RedgraveRex SmithSnow White must flee from her evil stepmother, the Queen. She's taken in by the lovable seven dwarfs. Will the queen be able to get rid of her rival?
- DirectorMichael BerzStarsDiana RiggBilly BartySarah PattersonThe ageless tale of a beautiful young princess whose jealous stepmother orders her killed so that she will be 'the fairest in the land.' When the huntsman takes pity on her, he takes her to the house of the seven dwarfs.
- CreatorPrudence FraserRobert SterninStarsChristopher RichJudy ParfittCork HubbertThis sequel to the classic fairy tale finds Snow White and her family transported to, and trying to adjust to, life in 1980s America.
- StarsTheodore LehmannMitsuko HorieIchirô NagaiAn animated series retelling a different folk or fairy tale in each episode.
- DirectorJohn HowleyStarsEdward AsnerIrene CaraCarol ChanningSnow White and her new friends must rescue the Prince when he is captured by the Wicked Queen's vengeful brother.
- DirectorYoram GrossStarsRoss HigginsRobyn MooreKeith ScottCinderella and other fairy tales get jumbled together when a grandmother tells a story.
- DirectorLudvík RázaStarsNatalie MinkoGudrun LandgrebeAlessandro GassmannA queen is so vain she needs the magical mirror the Black Knight forged to tell her daily she's the belle of the realm. When it adds Snowwhite, the king's heiress, has grown even more beautiful, the queen orders him and the shivering jester Andreas, who secretly loves the girl, to murder her step-daughter. However the knight fakes her death and seven dwarfs take her in at their magical mine. The dwarfs tell her various secrets, including true identities, and plot to save her, the disguised queen to murder her once the mirror betrays she's alive.
- StarsStuart MilliganStuart OrganCandida GubbinsThis anime based on the Grimm Brothers' most famous fairy tale considerably expands Snow White's story. Enjoy this fairytale fantasy.
- DirectorToshiyuki HirumaTakashi MasunagaStarsVenus TerzoKathleen BarrMichael DonovanA young princess named Snow White is sent away from her palace to live in the woods due to the jealousy of her stepmother.
- 1995–200030mTV-Y6.5 (16)TV EpisodeStarsRobert GuillaumeBuffy Sainte-MarieGeorgina LightningHD. 'Snow White.' The American Southwest is the setting for this Native American retelling of the classic tale.
- DirectorMichael CohnStarsSigourney WeaverSam NeillGil BellowsIn this dark take on the fairy tale, the growing hatred of a noblewoman, secretly a practitioner of the dark arts, for her stepdaughter, and the witch's horrifying attempts to kill her.
- DirectorTom DavenportStarsJonny ElkesMark JasterFloyd KingWilla places the ancient "Snow White" story in a realistic America setting about 1915. The jealous queen is Regina Worthington, an aging beauty whose stage career has soured. Snow White is her beautiful and talented stepchild Willa. The cottage of the seven dwarfs has been changed into a traveling medicine show run by a failed Shakespearean actor named Dr. Alfonzo and his two odd-ball companions: a flamboyant Irish Indian called Chief Tonka and a dancing dwarf named Billy Bug. They sell Chief Tonka's Elixir of Life a highly alcoholic concoction that is supposed to reverse aging.
- DirectorNeil JordanStarsAnnette BeningRobert Downey Jr.Katie SagonaA suburban housewife learns that she has a dreamworld connection to a serial murderer, and must stop him from killing again.
- DirectorJoão César MonteiroStarsMaria Do Carmo RôloAna BrandãoReginaldo da CruzBased on Robert Walser's play, Branca de Neve is a recital of Snow White over a black screen with spontaneous flashing images of clouds and some unintelligible dialogue.
- StarsKimberly Williams-PaisleyScott CohenDianne WiestA father and daughter are caught in a parallel universe where the great Queens Snow White, Cinderella and Riding Hood III have had their kingdoms fragmented by warring trolls, giants and goblins.
- DirectorCaroline ThompsonStarsMiranda RichardsonTom IrwinVera FarmigaSnow White's mother dies during childbirth, leaving baby Snow and father John for dead on an icy field, who then receives a visit from one of Satan's representatives, granting him three wishes.
- StarsMonica RialJason DouglasLuci ChristianHimeno, a young girl who feels that she has no reason in her life, and she feels as if she is not wanted in the world she lives with.
- DirectorSven Unterwaldt Jr.StarsOtto WaalkesMirco NontschewBoris AljinovicThe Seven Dwarves live deep within a female-free-zone of the Enchanted Forest, but they cannot resist the innocent charms of Snow White when she enters their world. So when the evil queen (Nina Hagen) abducts her, it is up to the dwarves to save her life.
- DirectorTerry GilliamStarsMatt DamonHeath LedgerMonica BellucciWill and Jake Grimm are traveling con-artists who encounter a genuine fairy-tale curse which requires true courage instead of their usual bogus exorcisms.
- DirectorMiguel Angelo PateSven Unterwaldt Jr.StarsOtto WaalkesMirco NontschewBoris AljinovicThe Seven Dwarfs are back, this time, they go to the city.
- DirectorJoe NussbaumStarsAmanda BynesSara PaxtonMatt LongA modern retelling of Snow White set against students in their freshman year of college in the greek system.
- DirectorKevin LimaStarsAmy AdamsSusan SarandonJames MarsdenA young maiden in a land called Andalasia, who is prepared to be wed, is sent away to New York City by an evil Queen, where she falls in love with a lawyer.
- DirectorThomas FreundnerStarsSonja KirchbergerLaura BerlinNicolás ArtajoThe king decides that since his daughter Snow White, whose mother died in childbirth, is old enough to marry an already-chosen prince, it's time now for him to remarry, but his evil bride stops at nothing to eliminate her stepdaughter as a 'beauty rival' and cut every other tie with the late queen. She mounts he throne after the softy king dies at the news that Snow White was devoured by a wild beast. In fact, she ordered the royal huntsman to bring her heart as proof of death, but instead he shot a deer and left the princess in the forest, where she found the messy home of the seven miner dwarfs and became their housekeeper. Informed by her magic mirror that princess lives beyond the mountain, she incarcerates the huntsman and repeatedly passes through in disguise to offer magical death sentences, which are accepted naively, but each time she's saved by the dwarfs, the last time mostly the prince who came looking for his bride, having been incognito at court as the huntsman's inconspicuous assistant.
- DirectorAngelin PreljocajStarsNagisa ShiraiSergio DíazCéline GalliVideo recording of Angelin Preljocaj's show 'Blanche-Neige', conceived and directed by Angelin Preljocaj.
- DirectorSteven E. GordonBoyd KirklandStarsG.K. BowesCam ClarkeDoug ErholtzFairy tales collide when Mambo and Munk tip the scales of good and evil once again. This time Princess Snow White is a misguided teenager who'd rather have fun with friends Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks and Little Bo Peep than help peasants. When Snow White's father is matched up with Lady Vain - a scheming witch brewing to rule the kingdom - Snow White becomes a thorn in Lady Vain's side. Snow White is soon tricked by Lady Vain (with Rumpelstiltskin's help) into spreading vicious gossip about the townspeople, forcing her to flee. Through rebuilding the three little pigs' houses with the seven dwarves leading the way, Snow White learns the value of helping others. Only Snow White can foil her dad's wedding to stop Lady Vain. With Mambo and Munk in tow, Snow White proves she can rule the kingdom, while bringing balance back to the scales of good and evil.
- CreatorAdam HorowitzEdward KitsisStarsGinnifer GoodwinJennifer MorrisonLana ParrillaA young woman with a troubled past is drawn to a small town in Maine where fairy tales are to be believed.
- DirectorTarsem SinghStarsLily CollinsJulia RobertsArmie HammerAn evil queen steals control of a kingdom and an exiled princess enlists the help of seven resourceful rebels to win back her birthright.
- DirectorRupert SandersStarsKristen StewartChris HemsworthCharlize TheronIn a twist to the fairy tale, the Huntsman ordered to take Snow White into the woods to be killed winds up becoming her protector and mentor in a quest to vanquish the Evil Queen.
- DirectorPablo BergerStarsMaribel VerdúEmilio GaviraDaniel Giménez CachoA twist on the Snow White fairy tale that is set in 1920s Seville and centered on a female bullfighter.
- DirectorRachel Lee GoldenbergStarsEliza BennettJane MarchJamie Thomas KingWhen the King is killed by ferocious reptile beasts, his Queen takes control of the kingdom. She tries to kill her beautiful stepdaughter Snow, but she escapes into the enchanted forest.
- DirectorDavid DeCoteauStarsShanley CaswellMaureen McCormickEric RobertsA troubled teenage girl finds herself in a web of lies and deceit when her stepmother attempts to murder her by sending her to a discipline camp.
- CreatorCathy JonesMonty OumStarsLindsay JonesKara EberleBarbara DunkelmanFour teenage girls form Team RWBY and train to fight crime and monsters known as the Grimm, while the world of Remnant remains on the brink of an all-out war.
- CreatorCraig GerberStarsAriel WinterLC PowellDarcy Rose ByrnesSofia is a little girl with a commoner's background until her mom marries the king and suddenly she is royalty.
- DirectorKenny OrtegaStarsDove CameronCameron BoyceBooboo StewartThe teenage son of the king and queen of Auradon offers the trouble-making children of villains a chance to attend prep school in the kingdom.
- DirectorJeremy M. InmanStarsCasper Van DienLauren ParkinsonLou FerrignoWhen Rumpelstiltskin destroys the Magic Mirror and escapes to the modern world, the four princesses Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and Rapunzel are sucked through the portal too. The four women now must save Earth.
- DirectorAmrita SinghStarsRaquel ChavezJo ChiangKorinne WinterIn an almost future, Red leads her friends on a journey to grandma's house, but there are wolves in the woods, and the path grows less clear every day.
- CreatorSorata AkidukiStarsSaori HayamiRyôta ÔsakaYûichirô UmeharaAlthough her name means "snow white," Shirayuki is a cheerful, red-haired girl living in the country of Tanbarun who works diligently as an apothecary at her herbal shop. Her life changes drastically when she is noticed by the silly prince of Tanbarun, Prince Raji, who then tries to force her to become his concubine. Unwilling to give up her freedom, Shirayuki cuts her long red hair and escapes into the forest, where she is rescued from Raji by Zen Wistalia, the second prince of a neighboring country, and his two aides. Hoping to repay her debt to the trio someday, Shirayuki sets her sights on pursuing a career as the court herbalist in Zen's country, Clarines. Akagami no Shirayuki-hime depicts Shirayuki's journey toward a new life at the royal palace of Clarines, as well as Zen's endeavor to become a prince worthy of his title. As loyal friendships are forged and deadly enemies formed, Shirayuki and Zen slowly learn to support each other as they walk their own paths.
- DirectorCedric Nicolas-TroyanStarsChris HemsworthJessica ChastainCharlize TheronEric and fellow warrior Sara, raised as members of ice Queen Freya's army, try to conceal their forbidden love as they fight to survive the wicked intentions of both Freya and her sister Ravenna.
- DirectorRoss VenokurStarsDemi LovatoWilmer ValderramaSiaThree fairy tale princesses find themselves engaged to the same guy, Prince Charming.
- DirectorKenny OrtegaStarsDove CameronCameron BoyceSofia CarsonMal, Evie, Carlos and Jay try to adjust to life in Auradon, but Mal becomes overwhelmed with pressure and returns to her roots.