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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".
A fictionalized account of brothers and leading to the publishing of the stories for which they are now most famous is presented, that account incorporating the whimsy and fantasy of the stories themselves. Its the early nineteenth century Prussia, and the brothers have been hired by the Duke to write a comprehensive account of his familys history, only touching on those aspects of glory in wanting to impress King Wilhelm III. The Duke, in return, has provided them with housing rent-free as an advance, they only receiving payment upon the completion of the manuscript due in six months following the beginning of the commission. Jacob, in his narrow technical mindset, just wants to complete the job, he, in that mindset, unable to see that Greta Heinrich is interested in him as more than a writer in she having bought one of his technical books on German grammar. Chronically ill Wilhelm, married with two adolescent children, however, is easily distracted from this job as he is more interested in collecting fairy tales, which their telling he believes brings joy to life - especially important in war raging nearby - and which he fears will be lost forever if they are not documented. In the process of collecting those fairy tales, three of them come to life. Wilhelm has to balance his commitments, not only to the vainglorious Duke but also to Jacob and his family, against these dreams of having the fairy tales published, which entails convincing those that matter, including such people as Stossel the bookseller, that there is a market demand for such stories. Arguably, he may have to convince himself the most.
Laurence Harvey
Wilhelm Grimm
Claire Bloom
Dorothea Grimm
Karlheinz Böhm
Jacob Grimm
Walter Slezak
Stossel
Barbara Eden
Greta Heinrich
Oskar Homolka
The Duke
Arnold Stang
Rumpelstiltskin
Martita Hunt
Anna Richter
Betty Garde
Miss Bettenhausen
Bryan Russell
Freidrich Grimm
Ian Wolfe
Gruber
Tammy Marihugh
Pauline Grimm
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')
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