The Enchanted Grove

The Enchanted Grove (1980) is a adventure, family film directed by Gheorghe Naghi rated 6.2/10.

Lizuca is only six years old, not much older than her pet dachshund Patrocle, when her mother dies and she is left to live with her grandparents on their farm. Before long, Lizuca's father comes to take her away to live with him and his new bride, a vile woman who considers children the bane of all existence. Lizuca and the dachshund escape the wicked stepmother and spend the night in a hollow tree, a tree that changes into an enchanted land where Lizuca (like Alice through the Looking Glass) discovers a world of characters in the form of bees, frogs, the four seasons, Snow White, her dwarves, and other fairy tale creatures. This magic place is threatened by the evil stepmother's plan to sell the grove that protects the secret land to developers -- a decision that puts the woman on trial before this perfidy can be realized.

Cast

Diana Muscă

Lizuca

Ernest Maftei

Grandfather

Elena Drăgoi

Grandmother

Florina Cercel

Stepmother

Matei Alexandru

Father

Draga Olteanu Matei

Cucoana Emilia

Ileana Stana Ionescu

Madam Neicu

Cezara Dafinescu

Dream Fairy

Rodica Popescu Bitănescu

The maid

Maria Ploae

Mother

Eugenia Maci

Bee fairy