

Rumpelstiltskin
1960-07-29 · 73 min · ★ 5.4
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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- Directors
- Erwin Anders, Christoph Engel
- Production companies
- DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
- Countries
- East Germany
- Status
- Released
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Karl-Heinz RothinMüller Kunz
Karin LeschMüllerstochter Marie
Reinhard MichalkeMüllerbursche Hans
Peter DommischDer einfältige Nachbar
Nikolaus ParylaKönig
Siegfried SeibtRumpelstilzchenTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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