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."

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

Jacob Grimm

Dorothea Grimm

Stossel

Greta Heinrich

The Duke ('The Dream')

Rumpelstiltskin

Anna Richter

Miss Bettenhausen

Friedrich Grimm

Status
Released
Type
Movie
Director
George Pal
Genres