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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Release: Aug 07, 1962
Runtime: 140 min.
Rating:
5.853 out of 10
Production Companies
- Cinerama Productions
- Bavaria Film
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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."
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Cast
Laurence Harvey
(as Wilhelm Grimm / Cobbler (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves"))
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Yvette Mimieux
(as The Princess (segment "The Dancing Princess"))
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Russ Tamblyn
(as The Woodsman (segment "The Dancing Princess") / Tom Thumb)
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Jim Backus
(as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess"))
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Beulah Bondi
(as The Gypsy (segment "The Dancing Princess"))
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Clinton Sundberg
(as The Prime Minister / Hans (singing voice))
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Walter Brooke
(as The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves"))
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Sandra Bettin
(as The Ballerina (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves"))
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Robert Foulk
(as The Hunter (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves"))
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Terry-Thomas
(as Ludwig (segment "The Singing Bone"))
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Buddy Hackett
(as Hans (segment "The Singing Bone"))
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Otto Kruger
(as The King (segment "The Singing Bone"))
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Robert Crawford Jr.
(as The Shepherd (segment "The Singing Bone"))
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Sydney Smith
(as The Spokesman (segment "The Singing Bone"))
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Billy Barty
(as The Court Jester (segment "The Dancing Princess") (uncredited))
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Jeanine Cashell
(as Princess Aide ('The Dancing Princess') (uncredited))
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Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel
(as Flower Vendor)
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'Little Billy' Rhodes
(as Grumpy the Dwarf)
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Ruthie Robinson
(as Little Red Riding Hood)
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Gene Roth
(as Berlin Royal Academy Representative at Train Station)
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