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Overview

User Rating:
6.4/10   537 votes
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Directors:
Writers:
David P. Harmon (screenplay) and
Charles Beaumont (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
7 August 1962 (USA) more
Tagline:
WONDERFUL THRILLS! ADVENTURE! ROMANCE! more
Plot:
The story of Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, and three of their stories... full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations more
User Comments:
Wonderfully Entertaining Family Film more (21 total)
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Laurence Harvey ... Wilhelm Grimm / The Cobbler ('The Cobbler and the Elves')
Karlheinz Böhm ... Jacob Grimm (as Karl Boehm)
Claire Bloom ... Dorothea Grimm
Walter Slezak ... Stossel

Barbara Eden ... Greta Heinrich
Oskar Homolka ... The Duke (as Oscar Homolka)
Arnold Stang ... Rumpelstiltskin
Martita Hunt ... Anna Richter (Story Teller)
Betty Garde ... Miss Bettenhausen
Bryan Russell ... Freidrich Grimm
Ian Wolfe ... Gruber
Tammy Marihugh ... Pauline Grimm
Cheerio Meredith ... Mrs. Von Dittersdorf
Walter Rilla ... Priest
Yvette Mimieux ... The Princess ('The Dancing Princess')
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Additional Details

Runtime:
135 min
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Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.59 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Cinerama 7-Track | Mono (Westrex Recording System) (35 mm prints)

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Trivia:
The second major motion picture filmed in 3-camera Cinerama, although it was released before the first, How the West Was Won (1962). more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: Automobile visible driving in the distance when the brothers are walking along the street. more
Quotes:
Children: [chanting over and over] We want a story! We want a story! We want a story! We want a story!
Jacob Grimm: [to Wilhelm] Just tell them I'm your brother.
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Movie Connections:
References tom thumb (1958) more
Soundtrack:
Ah-Oom more

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10 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Wonderfully Entertaining Family Film, 19 December 2004
9/10
Author: bestactor from USA

Ideally, one would be able to experience this movie as it was originally presented in Cinerama. I know that just about every child who shared that experience was completely enthralled by this movie. But even without the Cinerama presentation, this is still a very enjoyable and imaginative movie. This is one of the most successful live-action fairy tale films. The entire production is rich in color and atmosphere. The effective use of unusual locations and cinematography puts this film in a "one of a kind" category. The screenplays for the fantasy section are very fine and the biographical story is simple but unpretentious and easy to take. What really makes this sprawling fairy tale work is the wonderful cast and acting. This is an enormous international cast and includes humorous and touching performances from many of film's finest character actors. It would be wonderful to have a DVD release with comments from surviving cast members (Russ Tamblyn) and production artists.

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