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."
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
- Oskar Homolka as The Duke ('The Dream')
- Arnold Stang as Rumpelstiltskin
- Martita Hunt as Anna Richter
- Betty Garde as Miss Bettenhausen
- Bryan Russell as Friedrich Grimm