A barren peasant woman, desperately craving a child, naively says aloud that she wouldn't care what it looks like. Soon enough, she gives birth to a baby who resembles a hedgehog, much to the father's dismay and the scorn of the villagers.
John Hurt
The Storyteller
Eric Richard
The Farmer
Maggie Wilkinson
The Farmer's Wife
David Swift
The King
Helen Lindsay
The Queen
Abigail Cruttenden
The Princess