Carrie Fisher as a tiny fairy bride? The 80s truly blessed us.
Thumbelina is the answer to her mother's prayers but is all too soon stolen away by Mother Toad as a wife for her son. With the help of many different woodland creatures, especially the Swallow, Thumbelina overcomes many obstacles to try and get back to her mother.
Acting
Carrie Fisher commits to tiny bride mode with full sincerity
Costume
Thumbelina's flower petal couture deserves its own exhibit
Production
Faerie Tale Theatre's signature low-budget maximalism
Director
Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired as part of Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre, which featured basically every working actor in 1980s Hollywood doing children's theater for PBS money.
Hans Christian Anderson's original tale is way darker—Thumbelina actually stabs herself to avoid the mole marriage, so this version's practically Disney by comparison.
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