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Sex & Nudity

  • Just after Eliza has walked out from a magic water, she appears to be naked for a moment, but it's all seen from a far distance enough so nothing is shown in details. In the next shot, she already wears her yellow dress.

Violence & Gore

  • An evil stepmother and witch turns Eliza into an ugly and dark-colored girl. She also attempts to turn 11 brothers into black birds, but accidentally turns them into swans. One of the swans she fights against bites her finger.
  • Several dogs are set loose to chase a girl, but turns good the moment they meet the girl.
  • Eliza discovers an injured deer, which appears to have been shot with an arrow. The deer turns completely fine after jumped into magic water.
  • Eliza and her 11 swan brothers get exposed to a heavy storm, but lands on some rocks right before the brothers could turn into humans and fall into water.
  • Several people and dogs hunt a group of swines. A big swine is almost attacked and injured by several dogs. Several people shoot arrows at the swines, but we don't see any of the swines getting hit.
  • A man sings "Command me: go up in flames and I will burn".
  • Several knights use daggers and swords during a contest. A man is knocked down during the sword fight contest.
  • A man mentions about having had several witches burned at stake.

Profanity

  • There may be instances of words like "stupid", "fool" and "dumb", but it all depends on you watch the original Russian version, or you watch the same movie in any of the excisting English dubs.
  • At least in the Russian version, Eliza gets called "ugly duckling", hence having gotten turned into an ugly and dark-colored girl.
  • There are several instances of "witch".

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A man appears drinks something from a bottle while sitting on a statue.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • As mentioned in "Violence & Gore", an evil stepmother and witch turns a pretty girl into an ugly girl, and eleven brothers into swans. This may eventually upset some younger children.
  • There may be some sad moments during the entire movie.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • A crow tells a girl about not to say anything the moment she begins her difficult task, or her brothers will die.
  • Several people fight with swords. Nobody gets killed.
  • Eliza is sentenced to death by burning at stake. She gets saved right in time.

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