The Happy Prince
★ 10 · 1992 · 18m · Animation · Fantasy · Drama
Based on Oscar Wilde's fairytale with same name. Once there was a golden statue of Prince, who didn't see any sadness before his death. A barn swallow sees that Prince cries and he asks her to give his gemstones to several people in poverty. In the end barn swallow dies near the prince, after he gave his gold from the monument to the poor.
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