Die Geschichte von der Gänseprinzessin und ihrem treuen Pferd Falada (1988)

Director:

Konrad Petzold

Writers:

Jacob Grimm (story), Wilhelm Grimm (story),

Stars:

Dana Morávková, Michaela Kuklová, Eberhard Mellies

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dana Morávková	...	Prinzessin Aurinia
Michaela Kuklová	...	Liesa
Eberhard Mellies	...	König Ewald
Regina Beyer	...	Junge Königin
Peter Zimmermann	...	Junger König
Gerry Wolff	...	Soldat Siegbert
Alexander Höchst	...	Prinz Ivo
Karsten Janzon	...	Kürdchen
Marylu Poolman	...	Magd Berta
Angelika Böttiger	...	Magd Gudrun
Anne Kasprik	...	Magd Marie (as Anne Kasprzik)
Silvia Mißbach	...	Magd Hanne
Judith Schulz	...	1. Zofe
Andrea Gelhaar	...	2. Zofe
Petr Skarke	...	Frieder

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

fairy tale

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Genres:

Family | Fantasy

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Details

Country:

East Germany

Language:

German

Filming Locations:

Schönfels Castle, Saxony, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Technical Specs

Runtime:

79 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

If there was one thing the GDR could do...

it was making fairy tale movies!

And so this one also is a true masterpiece, if you're into fairy tales. Always interesting to see, that in spite of the GDR's (German Democratic Republic - the communist block's half of Germany) obvious disapproval of anything royal, they'd always put a lot of love into the creation of those fun-for-the-whole-family-movies. Maybe because their messages were so morally approvable. But since this morality is pretty much universal, those movies also can be appreciated all over the world.

The story is quite simple: Young princess gets betrayed, betrayal gets uncovered, true love wins, prince and princess get married, inherit the kingdom and live happily ever after as wise rulers.