The Story of King Midas (1953)
• January 1st, 1953 • 0h 10min
Animation, Fantasy, Family
Overview
A greedy King Midas is visited one day by a mysterious visitor who grants him the ability to turn all things he touches to gold. He learns his lesson when the food he tries to eat and his own daughter are turned to gold as well. The visitor reappears and offers him the opportunity to return to his old self, which he gladly does. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Edward Scissorhands
Released on: 1990-12-07
Fantasy, Drama, Romance
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Released on: 2005-12-07
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. ...
A Grand Day Out
Released on: 1990-05-18
Family, Animation, Comedy, Science Fiction, Fantasy
Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese, and this provides an excellent excuse for the duo to take...
The Wrong Trousers
Released on: 1993-12-17
Animation, Comedy, Family
Wallace rents out Gromit's former bedroom to a penguin, who takes up an interest in the techno pants...
A Close Shave
Released on: 1996-03-07
Family, Animation, Comedy
Wallace's whirlwind romance with the proprietor of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin, and ...
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Released on: 2005-09-15
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal, Gromit, investigate a mystery in Nick Pa...
Slow Bob in the Lower Dimensions
Released on: 1991-08-21
Animation, Horror, Science Fiction, TV Movie
Nightmarish pilot about Robert Potemkin, a man with deformed back, who lives in the attic of his fam...
The Vandal
Released on: 2021-07-15
Science Fiction, Animation
Set in a world not unlike mid-20th century America, The Vandal centers on Harold, whose tormented se...
Láska na vlásku
Released on: 2014-10-09
Family
In the royal castle, Prince Matthias feels like a prisoner. His father forces him to get engaged to ...
Šmankote, babičko, čaruj!
Released on: 1998-06-11
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Despite the fact that young Jakub had faithfully served a wealthy farmer for a whole year, he did no...
Kdyby byly ryby
Released on: 2014-12-25
Comedy, Family
The once-prosperous Kingdom of Three Ponds has been laid waste by a curse that stripped its waters o...
Queen of the Lake
Released on: 1998-02-26
Fantasy, Family
Prince Victor looks in vain for a swan which was wounded by one of his servants. Instead he discover...
Christmas Under the Kotatsu
Released on: 2008-01-01
Animation
Winter in Japan means kotatsu and mandarin oranges. Tarafu Otani used these two things to represent ...
A Midsummer's Night Dream
Released on: 1959-09-25
Animation, Fantasy, Comedy
The first puppet film shot in CinemaScope. It is based on the famous poetic comedy by William Shakes...
It's a SpongeBob Christmas!
Released on: 2012-09-19
Family, Animation, Comedy, TV Movie
At Christmastime in Bikini Bottom, everyone's excited except Plankton, who always gets a lump of coa...
The Kingdom of the Fairies
Released on: 1903-07-25
Adventure, Fantasy
At the royal court, a prince is presenting the princess whom he is pledged to marry when a witch sud...
Revoltoso
Released on: 2016-07-11
Animation, History, Western
Revoltoso | Set on 1913. Jabalito, a small one-eyed wild boar is on the scene of one of the first fi...
Alesha Popovich and Tugarin the Dragon
Released on: 2004-12-23
Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Alesha Popovich has to catch Tugarin Zmey and bring back the stolen money with the help of a talking...
Snow White: The Sequel
Released on: 2007-01-31
Animation, Comedy
Prince Charming was supposed to live long and happily with Snow White after kissing her back to life...
The Master of a Fashionable Game
Released on: 1910-03-20
Fantasy, Comedy, Animation
The film presents a drawing room meeting of enthusiastic puzzle workers. One gentleman has a new way...