The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Fantasy
Family
Music
Comedy
WONDERFUL THRILLS! ADVENTURE! ROMANCE!
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."
1962-08-07
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Cast
Director
Henry Levin
Director
George Pal
Laurence Harvey as Wilhelm Grimm / Cobbler (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
Karlheinz Böhm as Jacob Grimm
Claire Bloom as Dorothea Grimm
Walter Slezak as Stossel
Barbara Eden as Greta Heinrich
Oskar Homolka as The Duke ('The Dream')
Arnold Stang as Rumpelstiltskin
Martita Hunt as Anna Richter
Betty Garde as Miss Bettenhausen
Bryan Russell as Friedrich Grimm
Ian Wolfe as Gruber
Tammy Marihugh as Pauline Grimm
Cheerio Meredith as Mrs. Von Dittersdorf
Walter Rilla as Priest
Yvette Mimieux as The Princess (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Russ Tamblyn as The Woodsman (segment "The Dancing Princess") / Tom Thumb
Jim Backus as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Beulah Bondi as The Gypsy (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Clinton Sundberg as The Prime Minister / Hans (singing voice)
Walter Brooke as The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
Robert Foulk as The Hunter (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
Terry-Thomas as Ludwig (segment "The Singing Bone")
Buddy Hackett as Hans (segment "The Singing Bone")
Otto Kruger as The King (segment "The Singing Bone")
Robert Crawford Jr. as The Shepherd (segment "The Singing Bone")
Billy Barty as The Court Jester (segment "The Dancing Princess") (uncredited)
Stanley Fafara as Hansel
Darby Hinton as Little Boy
Jon Lormer as The Doctor
Gregory Morton as Dantino
Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel as Flower Vendor
'Little Billy' Rhodes as Grumpy the Dwarf
Angelo Rossitto as Dwarf
Gene Roth as Berlin Royal Academy Representative at Train Station
Peter Whitney as The Giant