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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

Year:

1963

Duration:

135 min

Genres:

IMDB rate:

6.5

Director:

Henry Levin

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1963-08-21

Filming Locations: Bavaria Studios, Bavariafilmplatz 7, Geiselgasteig, Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany

Earnings

Gross: $10,166,400 (USA) Rentals $4,800,000 (USA)

Cast

Actor

Character

Sandra Bettin

Tammy Marihugh

Angelo Rossitto

Laurence Harvey

Wilhelm Grimm

Karlheinz Böhm

Jacob Grimm

Claire Bloom

Dorothea Grimm

Walter Slezak

Stossel

Barbara Eden

Greta Heinrich

Oskar Homolka

The Duke (as Oscar Homolka)

Arnold Stang

Rumpelstiltskin

Martita Hunt

Anna Richter (Story Teller)

Betty Garde

Miss Bettenhausen

Bryan Russell

Freidrich Grimm

Ian Wolfe

Gruber

Cheerio Meredith

Mrs. Von Dittersdorf

Walter Rilla

Priest

Yvette Mimieux

The Princess ('The Dancing Princess')

Russ Tamblyn

The Woodsman ('The Dancing Princess')

Jim Backus

The King ('The Dancing Princess')

Beulah Bondi

The Gypsy ('The Dancing Princess')

Clinton Sundberg

The Prime Minister ('The Danbcing Princess') / Singing voice of Hans ('The Singing Bone')

Walter Brooke

The Mayor ('The Cobbler and the Elves')

Robert Foulk

The Hunter ('The Cobbler and the Elves')

Terry-Thomas

Ludwig ('The Singing Bone')

Buddy Hackett

Hans ('The Singing Bone')

Otto Kruger

The King ('The Singing Bone')

Robert Crawford Jr.

The Shepherd ('The Singing Bone')

Sydney Smith

The Spokesman ('The Singing Bone')

Pamela Baird

Cinderella

Billy Barty

The Court Jester (uncredited)

Diana Driscoll

Gretel

True Ellison

Snow White

Stanley Fafara

Hansel

Jon Lormer

The Doctor (uncredited)

Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel

(uncredited)

'Little Billy' Rhodes

Grumpy the Dwarf

Ruthie Robinson

Little Red Riding Hood

Gene Roth

Berlin Royal Academy Representative at Train Station (uncredited)

Peter Whitney

The Giant

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Trivia

Turner Classic Movies now shows the full-length version of this film, having added the short prologue, plus Overture, Intermission with Entr'Acte and Exit Music that were not included on the VHS or laserdisc.

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Producer George Pal originally wanted Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness to play the Brothers Grimm, but MGM vetoed the idea.

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In the original version of The Singing Bone, the killer and his victim are a pair of brothers who set out to find and kill a dragon. In the movie version, they were made into a knight and his squire who fight a dragon so as to avoid having Terry-Thomas's character commit fratricide.

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Goofs

Automobile visible driving in the distance when the brothers are walking along the street.

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In the scene where the princess is leaving the castle to dance , it clearly begins during the night, but when she steps outside and walks to the carriage it is daytime, and when she arrives at her destination, it is yet again night.

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Quotes

Children: [chanting over and over] We want a story! We want a story! We want a story! We want a story! Jacob Grimm: [to Wilhelm] Just tell them I'm your brother.

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The King: I have discovered a new musical instrument which I thought might amuse you.

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Wilhelm Grimm: [final line] Once upon a time

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