The Singing Ringing Tree is a children's film made by East German studio DEFA in 1957 and shown in the form of a television series by the BBC. It is a story written by Anne Geelhaar based on a variation of "Hurleburlebutz" by the Brothers Grimm, directed by Francesco Stefani.
PLOT: A handsome prince journeys to a foreign kingdom to seek the hand of an arrogant princess, but she refuses his gift and demands he bring her the legendary singing ringing tree instead. The prince discovers the tree in a magical kingdom ruled over by a mischievous dwarf, who tells him he can have the tree, but it will not sing until the princess loves him. Later, an unwise wish turns the prince into a bear, and he abducts the princess and takes her to live with him.