The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm 1962

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
Wilhelm Grimm / Cobbler (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves") 

Karlheinz Böhm
Jacob Grimm 

Claire Bloom
Dorothea Grimm 

Walter Slezak
Stossel 

Barbara Eden
Greta Heinrich 

Oskar Homolka
The Duke ('The Dream') 

• Die Wunderwelt der Brüder Grimm