The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962The 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."
Acted in
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
Ian Wolfe
as Gruber
Tammy Marihugh
as Pauline Grimm
Cheerio Meredith
as Mrs. Von Dittersdorf
Walter Rilla
as Priest
Yvette Mimieux
as The Princess (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Russ Tamblyn
as The Woodsman (segment "The Dancing Princess") / Tom Thumb
Jim Backus
as The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Beulah Bondi
as The Gypsy (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Clinton Sundberg
as The Prime Minister / Hans (singing voice)
Walter Brooke
as The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
Sandra Bettin
as The Ballerina (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
Robert Foulk
as The Hunter (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
Terry-Thomas
as Ludwig (segment "The Singing Bone")
Buddy Hackett
as Hans (segment "The Singing Bone")
Otto Kruger
as The King (segment "The Singing Bone")
Robert Crawford Jr.
as The Shepherd (segment "The Singing Bone")
Sydney Smith
as The Spokesman (segment "The Singing Bone")
Pamela Baird
as Cinderella (uncredited)
Billy Barty
as The Court Jester (segment "The Dancing Princess") (uncredited)
Jeanine Cashell
as Princess Aide ('The Dancing Princess') (uncredited)
Diana Driscoll
as Gretel
True Ellison
as Snow White
Stanley Fafara
as Hansel
Darby Hinton
as Little Boy
Jon Lormer
as The Doctor
Gregory Morton
as Dantino
Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel
as Flower Vendor
'Little Billy' Rhodes
as Grumpy the Dwarf
Ruthie Robinson
as Little Red Riding Hood
Angelo Rossitto
as Dwarf
Gene Roth
as Berlin Royal Academy Representative at Train Station
Peter Whitney
as The Giant