The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

"WONDERFUL THRILLS! ADVENTURE! ROMANCE!"

Jul 16 1963 G 2h 15m
Adventure, Animation, Biography

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."

Plot

The fictionalized lives of the story-telling Grimm brothers are brought to life in this all-star fantasy film. In the early nineteenth century, the brothers Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm are commissioned to write a family history for a local Duke. Reenactments of three of their stories including "The Dancing Princess", "The Cobbler and the Elves" and "The Singing Bone".

Written by

David P. Harmon, Charles Beaumont, William Roberts

Directed by

Henry Levin, George Pal

Cast

Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, Karlheinz Böhm

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Bavaria Film, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Cinerama Productions Corp.

Languages

English

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 8 nominations total

Trailers
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962) Cinerama trailer
Scores
# of Votes
2,416
Average Rating
6.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
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