Maria, Mirabela is a live-action/animated film jointly produced by Moldovan and Soviet movie studios. The Romanian premiere took place on 21 December 1981 in Bucharest, The Soviet premiere took place on March 3, 1982 in Moscow.

Plot

Oache (, ), a frog meets old acquaintances: a butterfly, Omide and a firefly, Scăpărici. Together they watch two girls playing in a meadow, Maria and Mirabela. Oache remembers an adventure when they all first met each other, and Oache begins to tell the story.