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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

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 |2h 20m |  Fantasy, Family, Music, Comedy

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Laurence Harvey

Wilhelm Grimm / Cobbler (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")

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Karlheinz Böhm

Jacob Grimm

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Claire Bloom

Dorothea Grimm

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Walter Slezak

Stossel

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Barbara Eden

Greta Heinrich

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Oskar Homolka

The Duke ('The Dream')

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Arnold Stang

Rumpelstiltskin

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Martita Hunt

Anna Richter

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Betty Garde

Miss Bettenhausen

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Bryan Russell

Friedrich Grimm

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Ian Wolfe

Gruber

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Tammy Marihugh

Pauline Grimm

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Cheerio Meredith

Mrs. Von Dittersdorf

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Walter Rilla

Priest

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Yvette Mimieux

The Princess (segment "The Dancing Princess")

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Russ Tamblyn

The Woodsman (segment "The Dancing Princess") / Tom Thumb

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Jim Backus

The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")

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Beulah Bondi

The Gypsy (segment "The Dancing Princess")

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Clinton Sundberg

The Prime Minister / Hans (singing voice)

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Walter Brooke

The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")

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Robert Foulk

The Hunter (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")

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Terry-Thomas

Ludwig (segment "The Singing Bone")

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Buddy Hackett

Hans (segment "The Singing Bone")

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Otto Kruger

The King (segment "The Singing Bone")

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Billy Barty

The Court Jester (segment "The Dancing Princess") (uncredited)

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Stanley Fafara

Hansel

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Darby Hinton

Little Boy

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Jon Lormer

The Doctor

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Gregory Morton

Dantino

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Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel

Flower Vendor

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'Little Billy' Rhodes

Grumpy the Dwarf

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Angelo Rossitto

Dwarf

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Gene Roth

Berlin Royal Academy Representative at Train Station

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Peter Whitney

The Giant

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Status

Released

Language

English

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