Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House
★ 7.5 · 1984 · 15m · Animation
Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House is a 1984 animated television series. It is based on The Dolls' House, a children's novel written by Rumer Godden originally published in 1947, and focuses on the toys living in a Victorian Dolls' House belonging to sisters Emily and Charlotte Dane. The whole series had a very dark edge as the dolls had to wish very hard that good things would happen and they would not fall on misfortune. The series started with the phrase "Dolls are not like people, people choose, but dolls can only be chosen".
Episodes
1. Episode 115m · Tottie and the dolls wish for a new home.
2. Episode 215m · The new house arrives and Tottie goes!
3. Episode 315m · The exhibition is a great success, but Tottie is homesick.
4. Episode 415m · Emily and Charlotte's Christmas present is another very beautiful doll.
5. Episode 515m · Marchpane makes trouble and Birdie is brave.More Like This
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