The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

135 mins | Family, Fantasy | Aug. 7, 1962

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."

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

135 mins | Family, Fantasy | Aug. 7, 1962

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."
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Bavaria Film, Cinerama Productions Corp.
Original title The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Directors Al Jennings, Henry Levin, George Pal
Writers Hermann Gerstner, David P. Harmon, Charles Beaumont, William Roberts

Cast

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

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")

Sandra Bettin

as The Ballerina (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")

Sydney Smith

as The Spokesman (segment "The Singing Bone")

Pamela Baird

as Cinderella

Billy Barty

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

Jeanine Cashell

as Princess Aide

Diana Driscoll

as Gretel

True Ellison

as Snow White

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

Ruthie Robinson

as Little Red Riding Hood

Angelo Rossitto

as Dwarf

Gene Roth

as Berlin Royal Academy Representative at Train Station

Peter Whitney

as The Giant