The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Die Wunderwelt der Brüder Grimm
Original title: The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Original language: enIMDB: tt0056700
TMDB: 28367
Release date: Tuesday, 7th August 1962
Adult: No
Duration: 2h 20min
Popularity: 4.082
Rate: 5.793 / 29 votes
Overview: The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized. Wilhelm fights to write something entertaining amongst the sea of dry, non-fiction books they write and he sets about collecting oral-tradition fairy tales to put into print. Their life story is countered with reenactments of three of their stories including "The Dancing Princess," "The Cobbler and the Elves" and "The Singing Bone."
Popularity: 4.082
Rate: 5.793 / 29 votes
Overview: The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized. Wilhelm fights to write something entertaining amongst the sea of dry, non-fiction books they write and he sets about collecting oral-tradition fairy tales to put into print. Their life story is countered with reenactments of three of their stories including "The Dancing Princess," "The Cobbler and the Elves" and "The Singing Bone."
Directors
George Pal
(Director)
(Director)Henry Levin
(Director)
(Director)Writers
Hermann Gerstner
(Novel)
(Novel)David P. Harmon (Screenplay)
(Screenplay)Charles Beaumont
(Screenplay)
(Screenplay)William Roberts (Screenplay)
(Screenplay)Wilhelm Grimm
(Story)
(Story)Jacob Grimm
(Story)
(Story)David P. Harmon (Screenstory)
(Screenstory)Cast
Laurence Harvey
(Wilhelm Grimm / Cobbler (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves"))
(Wilhelm Grimm / Cobbler (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves"))Karlheinz Böhm
(Jacob Grimm)
(Jacob Grimm)Claire Bloom
(Dorothea Grimm)
(Dorothea Grimm)Walter Slezak
(Stossel)
(Stossel)Barbara Eden
(Greta Heinrich)
(Greta Heinrich)Oskar Homolka
(The Duke ('The Dream'))
(The Duke ('The Dream'))Arnold Stang
(Rumpelstiltskin)
(Rumpelstiltskin)Martita Hunt
(Anna Richter)
(Anna Richter)Betty Garde
(Miss Bettenhausen)
(Miss Bettenhausen)Bryan Russell
(Friedrich Grimm)
(Friedrich Grimm)Ian Wolfe
(Gruber)
(Gruber)Tammy Marihugh
(Pauline Grimm)
(Pauline Grimm)Cheerio Meredith
(Mrs. Von Dittersdorf)
(Mrs. Von Dittersdorf)Walter Rilla
(Priest)
(Priest)Yvette Mimieux
(The Princess (segment "The Dancing Princess"))
(The Princess (segment "The Dancing Princess"))Russ Tamblyn
(The Woodsman (segment "The Dancing Princess") / Tom Thumb)
(The Woodsman (segment "The Dancing Princess") / Tom Thumb)Jim Backus
(The King (segment "The Dancing Princess"))
(The King (segment "The Dancing Princess"))Beulah Bondi
(The Gypsy (segment "The Dancing Princess"))
(The Gypsy (segment "The Dancing Princess"))Clinton Sundberg
(The Prime Minister / Hans (singing voice))
(The Prime Minister / Hans (singing voice))Walter Brooke
(The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves"))
(The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves"))Sandra Bettin (The Ballerina (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves"))
(The Ballerina (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves"))Robert Foulk
(The Hunter (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves"))
(The Hunter (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves"))Terry-Thomas
(Ludwig (segment "The Singing Bone"))
(Ludwig (segment "The Singing Bone"))Buddy Hackett
(Hans (segment "The Singing Bone"))
(Hans (segment "The Singing Bone"))Otto Kruger
(The King (segment "The Singing Bone"))
(The King (segment "The Singing Bone"))Robert Crawford Jr. (The Shepherd (segment "The Singing Bone"))
(The Shepherd (segment "The Singing Bone"))Sydney Smith (The Spokesman (segment "The Singing Bone"))
(The Spokesman (segment "The Singing Bone"))Pamela Baird (Cinderella (uncredited))
(Cinderella (uncredited))Billy Barty
(The Court Jester (segment "The Dancing Princess") (uncredited))
(The Court Jester (segment "The Dancing Princess") (uncredited))Jeanine Cashell (Princess Aide ('The Dancing Princess') (uncredited))
(Princess Aide ('The Dancing Princess') (uncredited))Diana Driscoll (Gretel)
(Gretel)True Ellison (Snow White)
(Snow White)Stanley Fafara
(Hansel)
(Hansel)Darby Hinton
(Little Boy)
(Little Boy)Jon Lormer
(The Doctor)
(The Doctor)Gregory Morton
(Dantino)
(Dantino)Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel
(Flower Vendor)
(Flower Vendor)'Little Billy' Rhodes
(Grumpy the Dwarf)
(Grumpy the Dwarf)Ruthie Robinson (Little Red Riding Hood)
(Little Red Riding Hood)Angelo Rossitto
(Dwarf)
(Dwarf)Gene Roth
(Berlin Royal Academy Representative at Train Station)
(Berlin Royal Academy Representative at Train Station)Peter Whitney
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