Kulderzipken is a

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television series that premiered in 1995. Two seasons of ten episodes each have been made since then. The final episode aired in 1996.

Concept

Once upon a time there was, in country far, far, far away, a king called Jozef (

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), and his wife, queen Angina ( Karine Tanghe). King Jozef thought the time was right for his daughter, princess Prieeltje (

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), to get married and king Jozef set up a special contest. The first young man to pull the three golden hairs out of Mother Devil's head got the chance to marry the princess. The contest was won by Kulderzipken (

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), a simple country lad. Both Prieeltje and her mother are very happy with the outcome, but King Jozef does not want a country lad as his son-in-law, and tries to chase Kulderzipken from his castle. King Jozef gets help from Mother Devil ( Veerle Eyckermans), who wanted her son the devil ( Frans Van der Aa) to win the contest instead. Every episode, Kulderzipken has to fulfill a special quest. He gets help from the brothers Grimm (

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and

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), two servants in the castle who are very fond of courtesy and add ''mister'' in front of every title, even female ones.

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* {{IMDb title, id=0149479, title=Kulderzipken Belgian children's television shows 1995 Belgian television series debuts 1996 Belgian television series endings Belgian fantasy television series Television about magic Television shows based on fairy tales Television series set in the Middle Ages Fictional characters from Flanders