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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

1962 · 140 min

A cosy, storybook pageant that ambles through fairy tales and biography with old-fashioned charm and gentle humour.

Tagline
WONDERFUL THRILLS! ADVENTURE! ROMANCE!
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."

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 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
  • art
  • family
  • love
  • obsession
  • redemption
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • home
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour4
Realism5
Romance4
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
fantasy, family, music, comedy
Directed by
Henry Levin, George Pal
Written by
Charles Beaumont, William Roberts, David P. Harmon
Starring
Laurence Harvey, Karlheinz Böhm, Claire Bloom, Walter Slezak, Barbara Eden, Oskar Homolka, Arnold Stang, Martita Hunt
Cinematography
Paul Vogel
Runtime
140 min
Country
Germany, United States of America
Languages
English

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