Movie

Rumpelstiltskin

1960 · 73 min

A gentle, storybook fairy-tale that unfolds with simple charm, a little menace and a satisfying moral.

Overview: East German adaptation of Grimm‘s fairy tale "Rumpelstiltskin". A boastful miller pretends that his daughter Marie can spin straw into gold, and so she is locked into a room full of straw and ordered to spin it into gold by the next morning. A little man appears and offers his help in exchange for Marie's necklace. The greedy treasurer makes Marie spin twice more until the only thing she has left to give the little man is the promise of her first-born child…

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: greed
class
fate
parenthood
deception
Places: single country house
Era: timeless
Audience: family
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	3
Realism	3
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	4

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