King Thrushbeard

King Thrushbeard

74 mins | Family, Fantasy | Dec. 1, 1965

A fairy-tale about a beautiful but very haughty princess Anna who cruelly mocks each of her suitors. Finally she is forced by the king to marry a beggar. The poor life, hard work and love teach the princess a lesson and turn her into a loving and kind person.

King Thrushbeard

74 mins | Family, Fantasy | Dec. 1, 1965

King Thrushbeard
A fairy-tale about a beautiful but very haughty princess Anna who cruelly mocks each of her suitors. Finally she is forced by the king to marry a beggar. The poor life, hard work and love teach the princess a lesson and turn her into a loving and kind person.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers DEFA
Original title König Drosselbart
Directors Walter Beck
Writers Walter Beck, Günter Kaltofen, Wilhelm Grimm, Jacob Grimm

Cast

Karin Ugowski

as Prinzessin Roswitha

Manfred Krug

as König Drosselbart

Martin Flörchinger

as König Löwenzahn

Helmut Schreiber

as König Heinz Eduard

Achim Schmidtchen

as König Wenzel

Gerd E. Schäfer

as Herzog Adolar

Arno Wyzniewski

as Prinz Kasimir

Fritz Decho

as Graf Eitelfritz

Bruno Carstens

as Fürst Zacharias

Horst Buder

as Junker Balduin

Nico Turoff

as Kutscher Sebastian

Manfred Heine

as Küchenmeister

Ulrich Balko

as Küchenjunge Felix

Klaus Piontek

as Tanzmeister

Marianne Wünscher

as Obsthändlerin

Jutta Wachowiak

as Zuckerbäckerin

Jochen Bley

as Knabe Wilhelm

Werner Kamenik

as Tagelöhner Nadler

Axel Triebel

as Bürger Spiegler

Trude Brentina

as altes Mütterchen

Ostara Körner

as Frau auf dem Markt

Lothar Förster

as Haushofmeister

Christian Weisbrod

as Hofschneider

Evamaria Heyse

as Hofdame Beatrix