The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship is a made-for-television stop motion-animated film released in the United Kingdom on 27 December 1990 on ITV, based on the Eastern European folk tale.
[1] In the kingdom of Russia, its ruler Tsar Nicolai finds his daughter, Princess Alexeya, is unwilling to marry any suitors presented to her, despite their gifts to her father.
Word of this proposal is spread across the kingdom, which presents an opportunity to two young men - Sergei and Boris - to convince their father, a poor woodsman, and their mother, to finance their journey to honor this request.
Eventually, the Lord Chamberlain challenges the group to bring back a bottle of silver-water from a lake far away, with Pieter instructed to place it in Nicolai's hand by noon - giving the party only five minutes.
Determined to rescue Pieter, Forester instructs the others to plant his saplings around the Tsar's palace that night which quickly grows into a vast army.
Upon seeing this in the morning, a worried Nicolai finds himself approached by Sharpshooter and the others, who demands Pieter be released and married to Alexeya, and that all of them are allowed to serve the Tsar.