When her mother dies, Cinderella's father remarries, and now she lives with her new family: her father, new mother and two new wicked sisters. They are mean and unkind to Cinderella, and she is treated no better than a house servant, cooking and cleaning for everyone else.
One day the two sisters are invited to a great ball to be given by the king and queen. Cinderella is unfortunately excluded.
Sitting sad and alone at home, she is visited by a great fairy! Her fairy godmother magically transforms Cinderella into a beautiful princess-like figure. She shall go to the ball!
At the ball Cinderella is the talk of the palace, admired for her beauty and grace. Alas, as midnight approaches, she must heed the fairy's warning and return home — but not before the king and queen have invited her to another ball the following night!