A vain and wicked queen looks in a magic mirror and realizes that her beautiful stepdaughter, Snow White, is now "the most beautiful woman in the world." At first, the queen sends a hunter to kill Snow White, but he is unable to commit the murder. Snow White escapes into the forest and finds a hut where the seven dwarfs live. The evil queen's magic mirror tells her that Snow White is still alive, and the queen disguises herself as a peasant to poison Snow White.