Released:
1962-08-07

Overview:
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."

Directors:
George Pal, Henry Levin

Runtime:
2h 20min

Genre:
Fantasy, Family, Music, Comedy

• 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