The StoryTeller is a live-action/puppet Fernsehen series. It was an American/British co-production which originally aired in 1988 and was created and produced Von Jim Henson.
From an early German folk tale. A heartless giant, who once terrorised the land before being captured and imprisoned, is befriended Von the young prince Leo who, one night, sets him free.
Based on an early German folk tale, The True Bride. A troll had a daughter, but she left straight off. So the troll took another girl to replace her to wait on him hand and foot