The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Directors:

Henry Levin
George Pal

Writers:

David P. Harmon (screenplay) and
Charles Beaumont (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

7 August 1962 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Biography | Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Musical | Romance

Tagline:

WONDERFUL THRILLS! ADVENTURE! ROMANCE!

Plot:

The story of Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, and three of their stories...

Plot Keywords:

Cobbler | Duke | Singing | Dancing | Cowardly Knight

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Laurence Harvey	...	Wilhelm Grimm / The Cobbler ('The Cobbler and the Elves')
Karlheinz Böhm	...	Jacob Grimm (as Karl Boehm)
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
Tammy Marihugh	...	Pauline Grimm
Cheerio Meredith	...	Mrs. Von Dittersdorf
Walter Rilla	...	Priest
Yvette Mimieux	...	The Princess ('The Dancing Princess')

Runtime:

135 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.59 : 1

Sound Mix:

Cinerama 7-Track | Mono (Westrex Recording System) (35 mm prints)

Certification:

UK:U | Sweden:11 | Australia:G | Finland:S | USA:G | West Germany:6

Filming Locations:

Dinkelsbühl, Bavaria, Germany

Company:

Cinerama Productions Corp.

Trivia:

The major reason that 'Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm' has never been restored is because the original 3-panel Cinerama camera negatives were heavily water damaged in a warehouse fire. The film was never transferred to a 70mm version after it was made so the only surviving prints are edited 35mm composite prints with the three joined panels. The surviving print are not the roadshow version and do not contain all three panels of information. The left area of the A panel and the right area of the C panel are missing from the composite prints. In addition, the color is badly faded. It is doubtful we will ever see a properly restored version of this film.

Goofs:

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

Quotes:

Hans: Don't you worry, sir. I'll be just as good a master to you as you were to me.

Movie Connections:

References tom thumb (1958)

Soundtrack:

Dee-Are-A-Gee-O-En

Restore this gem on DVD, PLEASE!

Maybe it's because I grew up with this movie, and am stuck in that age, but I have always found this to be a special and magical movie experience. It was especially so on the big screen when I was 6 years old. We also had the soundtrack box edition on vinyl. So, I rated this movie highly, because I feel it truly was perfection (especially for its day), and needs to be re-discovered by families, and the young-at-heart everywhere. I hate clichés, but they just do not make them like this anymore. This gem should be restored in its full glory, and preserved and brought back to life. Hope you get to enjoy it someday.