Hungarian Folk Tales: Martin and the Cursed Princess (S07E11)

The Hungarian Folk Tales stem from original folktale collections, every episode has its special authentic ornamentation. The trio of folk art, folk music and folk tales are masterfully combined in the episodes.

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The poor man sends his three sons to be servants, for nice clothes, wine and a wife. The faith of the smallest boy, Martin, is the hardest, as he performs his task at a toad, but after all his award will be the nicest, his will be the princess conjured into the toad, and he becomes the king.

Made by the Kecskemét Film Studio.
Directed by: Mária Horváth
Storyteller: Gyula Szabó
Music: Kaláka band

The makers used the decorative art of a certain countryside region at each episode. The trio of folk art, folk music and folk tales are masterfully combined in the episodes, which have unique imagery, sometimes spicy folk humor in the dialogues. Thanks to the natural presentation of the storytellers, and the music of the Kaláka band, the viewer can experience something unique and special.

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[TheAnalatheist]

One day you’re cutting wood, another you’re suddenly performing dark rituals in the forest.

[snakewithapen]

actually i think this is one of the few tales when the man and woman got to know each other and make a friendship bond before getting married, even if she was cursed lol

[BZ]

Ah I see. The biggest life hack is to be blonde, the youngest sibling and be willing to do whatever animals you find in the forest tell you to do.

[RikkuTakanashi]

Ooo, I really liked this one. No brothers murdering each other out of jealousy, and in fact the brother even gave his other brothers a sizable amount of money when he didn't have to.

[acla]

I enjoyed the friendship between Martin and the frog. So that he hesitated in doing what she had asked him at the end. :)

[muffinslawl]

*“...The man had three sons. The youngest son was Martin.”*

Other sons: _Are we a joke to you?_

[Panda_Roll]

How to know your son is ready to get married
1 - He has some decent clothes
2 - can buy/earn his own beer
3 - Does whatever his boss tells him so long as he gets paid.


Checks out...

[kirtemoon]

I love how absolute fashion disasters his brothers are

[phidoigabayhoa]

Martin single-handedly destroy the eco-system lol

[enviousridersamvs]

It was adorable when he didn’t want to burn the frog. It showed he cared. They truly did fall in love instead of just rushing things

[msk-qpfn]

4:42 This moment brought a smile to my face. I found it very sweet that Martin reached down and carried "his Frog" by the third time he returned to for the Frog ^0^

[siphy]

The Princess said that all of her household, not just her, was cursed. All of the other frogs were her family/servent members, and the forest originally was her house.

[idk-brpy]

*goes to an addiction anonymous meeting*
Person 1: im addicted to alcohol

Person 2: im addicted to drugs

Me: im addicted to Hungarian folks tales.

[pandoravex]

This one of my favorite, I like how it says Martin found “found his frog” showing he already had affection for them without knowing it was a princess.

[KayLee-qyju]

So in Hungary, Jealousy is yellow. Jealousy is green in England(Othello)and red in East Asia. How interesting.

[oOVanillaMelOo]

Ah! So all you need before you can get married is clothes and wine! Check and check! 😂

[firstylasty]

I have wine and LOTS of clothes.


*Line up,

[glowworm]

I love the boingy music for the frog. Also, the frog is adorable!

[Robacus]

This is such an upgrade from the frog prince. This is the story we should've been told as children in America.

[laweasinsentido]

Everyone is talking about everything except the learning we get from this story. As an example, his job being the "worst paid" between his brothers, and the way his life took may be seen as not having much luck in life or directly not taking the best decision. But in the end, even with all the "mistakes" he made. Things turned out right, just the way they should have. Leaving us with the thought that no matter how "wrong" the decisions we took may seem like. Life can always get better.