#Anneliese ruby runner wikipedia free#

Anneliese hears Erika, who is performing in the street to earn money for herself, but Madame Carp steals the earnings as part of her debt.

#Anneliese ruby runner wikipedia free#

Julian takes Anneliese for a day out into the kingdom so that she can be free for once there, she witnesses the poverty caused by the kingdom's bankruptcy. Preminger plans to pretend that he has found the Princess, earning a betrothal to her, which would eventually allow him to become king himself. Upon learning from his henchmen, Nick and Nack, that the Queen has arranged Anneliese's marriage to King Dominick, he decides to make Anneliese 'mysteriously disappear', which will then cancel the engagement. Unbeknownst to the Queen, the reason behind the kingdom's bankruptcy is that her adviser Preminger has been stealing gold, emptying the royal mines. The Pauper, Erika, is an indentured servant, working off her parents' debt at Madame Carp's Dress Emporium, which supplies the palace with clothes however, she dreams of becoming a singer and seeing the world. Several years later, Princess Anneliese is betrothed by her mother, Queen Genevieve, to the wealthy King Dominick to save the nearly bankrupt royal treasury however, she is in love with her young tutor Julian. In an unnamed kingdom, a blonde princess and a brunette pauper are born at the same time. The film was nominated for six DVD Exclusive Awards. Songs for the film were written by Amy Powers, Megan Cavallari and Rob Hudnut, who also executive produced the film. It is generally regarded as the best film in the franchise and has secured a strong cult following. The plot is loosely inspired by the 1881 Mark Twain novel The Prince and the Pauper, and it is the first Barbie film that completely excludes fantastic elements (fairies, magic, mermaids, etc), which were a usual part of Barbie franchise. It was directed by William Lau and stars the voice of Kelly Sheridan as the Barbie protagonists, Anneliese and Erika.

This film is the first musical in the Barbie series. It was released to video on September 28, 2004, and made its television premiere on Nickelodeon on November 14, 2004. Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper is a 2004 computer-animated musical fantasy film.