Abstract
This paper is based on the thesis made by the author himself and defended in 2015. It focuses on fairy tale movies and their socializing role in the transfer of values.
Fairy tales often contain values and learn children to distinguish different ways of behavi-or and relating to the world. Film as a medium is very popular and fairy tale movies are therefore highly watched; their importance for the children development and the adoption of basic values should therefore be explored.The empirical research consists of a content analysis of six selected Czech (and Czecho-slovak) fairy tales and the coding of situations that are worthwhile in terms of values.
Based on these data, it is possible to identify trends in the concept of values across diffe-rent fairy tales. For example, older fairy tales are more distinctive in values and therefore more educational for children while the newer ones tend to focus on entertainment and fusion of genres.