Another grim fairy tale from the twisted minds of a 17th century European. Not satisfied with merely cutting the wolf open, they fill him with stones so that he can drag himself to a horrible death. (No endangered species were harmed in the making of this cartoon!)

This is the introduction and end titles to the popular 1980 animated TV series "Lucky Luke" with German country songs by Freddy Quinn.

Yet another classic Hans Christian Andersen tale with an ambivalent moral. If you love, you will always lose? Jealousy destroys even the things you love? Don't trust a goblin twice or you're a sucker? You decide!

While Frederick explains to his little brother Piggeldy what a wig is, they end up discovering an important truth. Viel Spaß beim Deutschlernen!

One of Hans Christian Andersen's saddest tales, "The Little Match Girl" tells of a homeless girl who is left starving on the icy streets one Christmas Eve. Was Andersen making an early attempt in the 19th century to raise social awareness? Watch this and decide for yourself...

Based upon a legend in medieval Baden-Württemberg, "The Women of Weinsberg" tells the tale of a group of women who, through their cunning and guile, saved the lives of all their male kindred from certain death. Viel Spaß!

Sagenhaft reinterprets the classic tale of Snow White from the Brothers Grimm.

"King Thrushbeard," one of the Grimm brothers' fairytales, tells the story a haughty princess who mistreats her subjects. But in the end - at the hand of a wise and forgiving suitor - she learns an important lesson in life. Viel Spaß!

The story of Sleeping Beauty is called "Dornröschen" [literally "Little Thorn-Rose"] in German. As with most fairy tales, this one too has a happy ending, unless you happen to be a wicked fairy!

Piggeldy discovers that the difference between Frederick and a cat is that Frederick doesn't eat mice! We also get to learn the German names for many parts of the body. Viel Spaß!

The classic tale of the "Three Little Pigs" has been rendered wonderfully in cartoon form by Colorland Animation with narration by Bastian Pastewka.

Piggeldy's inquisitive nature once again leads to an adventure. In this episode, he and his older brother Frederick go looking for "nature's invisibility cloak": fog.

Bastian Pastewka narrates the French folktale Beauty and the Beast. If only all stories had such a lovely ending!

In this wonderful, early animation of Piggeldy and Frederick, Piggeldy's older brother Frederick discovers that the funniest things of all can be unintentional — and Piggeldy learns to laugh!

This classic tale of "The Princess and the Pea," based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen, has just one weak point in the plot: wouldn't a real princess have avoided complaining to her host about an uncomfortable bed? Enjoy this wonderfully animated video narrated by Bastian Pastewka.