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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)

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Movie Info

Wilhelm (Laurence Harvey) and Jacob Grimm (Karl Boehm) are writing a historical manuscript for a local duke (Oscar Homolka), but the project is late because Wilhelm spends his time gathering fairy tales. When Wilhelm drops part of the manuscript in a creek, catches pneumonia while retrieving it. Near death, he dreams of various characters that want to be written -- and upon his recovery, a shaken Jacob agrees to work on a book of fairy tales with him, beginning the brothers' illustrious career.

Rating:

G
Genre:

fantasy
Original Language:

English
Director:

Henry Levin, George Pal
Producer:

George Pal
Writer:

David P. Harmon
Runtime:

2h 9m
Production Co:

Cinerama Productions Corp.
Sound Mix:

Stereo

Cast & Crew

Laurence Harvey
Wilhelm Grimm, The Cobbler

Karl Boehm
Jacob Grimm

Claire Bloom
Dorothea Grimm

Walter Slezak
Stossel

Barbara Eden
Greta Heinrich

Oscar Homolka
The Duke

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Critic Reviews for The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

All Critics (3) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (1)

Fanciful biography of the early 19th century German fairy-tale collectors.

April 7, 2010 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
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July 21, 2005 | Rating: 2/5

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
Cinerama-big & star packed...but draggy.

January 3, 2005 | Rating: 3/5

Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan