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Rumpelstilzchen

1940 · 63 min

A simple old-fashioned fairy-tale film that unfolds gently and feels like a storybook read aloud on a rainy afternoon.

Overview
Many, many years ago, there lived a miller with his beautiful daughter. He lied to his king, telling him that she could spin straw into gold. The young woman was immediately taken to the king's castle and told that she must spin the straw into gold by the next day or she would die! After the door closed behind her, a little man entered during the night, who was skilled in the art she had been praised for...

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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • greed
  • survival
  • fate
  • power
Places
  • fantasy world
  • single country house
Era
timeless
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour2
Realism3
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
fantasy
Directed by
Alf Zengerling
Starring
Paul Walker, Hermann Schröder, Otto Bredow, Jutta von Alpen, Kurt Lauermann
Runtime
63 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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