The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Release: 1962-08-07
·Runtime: 140m
·★ 5.8
Fantasy
Family
Music
Comedy
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."
Production Countries
Germany
United States of America
Production Companies
Cinerama Productions
Bavaria Film
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Betty Garde
as Miss Bettenhausen
Jim Backus
as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Buddy Hackett
as Hans (segment "The Singing Bone")
Otto Kruger
as The King (segment "The Singing Bone")
Gene Roth
as Berlin Royal Academy Representative at Train Station
Laurence Harvey
as Wilhelm Grimm / Cobbler (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
Bryan Russell
as Friedrich Grimm
Clinton Sundberg
as The Prime Minister / Hans (singing voice)
Stanley Fafara
as Hansel
Gregory Morton
as Dantino
'Little Billy' Rhodes
as Grumpy the Dwarf
Claire Bloom
as Dorothea Grimm
Arnold Stang
as Rumpelstiltskin
Ian Wolfe
as Gruber
Walter Brooke
as The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
Angelo Rossitto
as Dwarf
Martita Hunt
as Anna Richter
Yvette Mimieux
as The Princess (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Robert Foulk
as The Hunter (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
Terry-Thomas
as Ludwig (segment "The Singing Bone")
Jon Lormer
as The Doctor
Cheerio Meredith
as Mrs. Von Dittersdorf
Russ Tamblyn
as The Woodsman (segment "The Dancing Princess") / Tom Thumb
Billy Barty
as The Court Jester (segment "The Dancing Princess") (uncredited)
Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel
as Flower Vendor
Karlheinz Böhm
as Jacob Grimm
Barbara Eden
as Greta Heinrich
Tammy Marihugh
as Pauline Grimm
Walter Slezak
as Stossel
Darby Hinton
as Little Boy
Oskar Homolka
as The Duke ('The Dream')
Walter Rilla
as Priest
Beulah Bondi
as The Gypsy (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Peter Whitney
as The Giant
