sorry I don't know the exact name of this fairy tale. there used to be a movie version which was very popular in former Yugoslavia when I was growing up. I think they've shown it on TV like zillion times, but I absolutely loved watching it over and over again. does anyone remembers this movie? the plot is to a certain extent similar to the one of King Lear. what's the story behind that, anyone?
Was salt involved in the story? If so, then it's probably one of movies based on classic Slovak fairy-tale "Sůl nad zlato" (Salt is more that gold) - http://www.geocities.com/slovaktales/salt_over_gold.htm The most known movie versions are: Byl jednou jeden král... (CZ 1954) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0184316/ Soľ nad zlato (SK 1982) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0171765/
yes, that's the one I thought it was a Czech story, my mistake... I think the movie version I watched as a kid was probably this more recent one. the title was translated as something like "the salt prince" or "the prince of salt". thanks a lot, eso, for sending me the link to the story. as far as I'm concerned, nothing beats fairy tales from Slavic countries. they're just the best.