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ArtsieFari
Aug 20, 2008, 06:26 AM
Ok, I have been looking for this movie for a while, and I cannot seem to get it right. It's a children's movie that is animated, but the two main characters, who are two young girls, are live action.

They are in this animated forest, and first come across a frog, who's feet are stuck in ice. They help him, and he joins them on their journey. The only other character I can remember is a butterfly princess who they have to help out as well. I think they needed to help her spin her cocoon to become a butterfly, or something.

That's really all I can remember. Another thing that may help is that I remember the audio for the girls not syncing up with their lips. The audio is either messed up, or the movie was made in a totally different language.

Please Help! I really want to find this movie!

aab8828
Jul 30, 2009, 10:03 PM
I know exactly what movie you're talking about! I've been searching for it for years! I don't know that name of it, sadly, but I do remember some other details.

After the girls meet the frog and butterfly, they go into a cave. At one point some rocks fall and it's all dramatic. In the end, they meet Mother Nature and her daughters (Fall, Summer, Spring, Winter) who look like fairies.

Most of all, I remember one of the little girls has a really short haircut, and neither of their voices matches their lips when they talk-as if the movie has been dubbed.

Oh man, I'm so excited to find someone else looking for this movie. I was starting to think I made it up!

adolf_hilfiger
Jul 31, 2009, 12:03 AM
It's a Russian/Romanian movie called Maria, Mirabella (1981) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0155858/).

There are several clips posted on Youtube, here's the bit with the frogs feet in ice:
YouTube - Maria, Mirabela - Cartoon Movie Music (1981) - Romania - song 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4jIeMsSmrc)

hdriver
Oct 23, 2012, 10:57 PM
I've also been looking! I just typed in maria and mirabella in Google and it popped the movie up. It says its called maria mirabella but I don't remember that being the name. All the same that's the movie!

hdriver
Oct 23, 2012, 11:06 PM
defiantly called Maria, Mirabela =D

acotton14
Apr 5, 2013, 09:10 AM
The American version is called The Magical Forest you can buy it on Amazon. I'm not sure if the voices are dubed over but my grandma had a movie store in the mid 90's I remember watching this movie like over and over again! :D