How the Old Man Traded It All Away (1954)
Folk art–like hand-drawn stills illustrate this sweetly simple pastoral fable, in which a peasant comes into possession of a small fortune—but realizes there are treasures greater than gold.
Top billed cast
Růžena NaskováNarrator (voice)
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