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"Fairy tales only happen in movies."
— Georges Méliès character in "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" 2007 novel by Brian Selznick
brief essay
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Brothers Grimm entry at Wikipedia
browse books at the Brothers Grimm Store {returns 600+ titles} at Amazon
Jacob Grimm [1785–1863] credits as writer [300+ items since 1897] at Internet Movie Database
Wilhelm Grimm [1786–1859] credits as writer [300+ items since 1897] at Internet Movie Database
'Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales' books entry at Wikipedia
The Brothers Grimm of Germany Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
"Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales" [1812 & 1815] Pages at Spirit of America Bookstore
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Grimm Brothers IMDb credits,
in chronological order
Jacob Grimm [1785–1863] credits as writer [300+ items since 1897] at Internet Movie Database
Wilhelm Grimm [1786–1859] credits as writer [300+ items since 1897] at Internet Movie Database
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Silent Movies
"Rapunzel" silent short [Germany 1897] /tt2271557/
"Hänsel und Gretel" silent short [Germany 1897] /tt0453715/
"Le Petit Chaperon Rouge" silent short [Star-Film/Biograph Oct 1901] /tt0000368/ Directed by Georges Méliès
"Mother Holly" 2-minute tinted silent short [Germany 1906] /tt0202877/
"The Little Old Men of The Woods" silent short [Kalem USA Feb 1910] /tt1985237/
"La Petite Blanche-Neige" aka "Little Snowdrop" silent short [Pathé Frères/General Film Dec 1910] { see details on page 3 }
"Little Red Riding Hood" silent short [Essanay/General Film Co. Nov 1911] /tt0208264/ starring Eva Prout
"Little Red Riding Hood" silent short [Majestic Motion Picture Co. Dec 1911] /tt0001738/
"Little Red Riding Hood" silent short [Cricks & Martin Films, UK Dec 1911] /tt1261896/
"Cinderella" silent short [Selig Polyscope Jan 1912] { see details on page 3 }
"Mr. Tibbs' Cinderella" silent short [Essanay/General July 1912]
"A Cowgirl Cinderella" silent short [Nestor/Universal Nov 1912]
"Lord Browning and Cinderella" silent short [Vitagraph Nov 1912]
"Cinderella: or, The Glass Slipper" silent short [Star-Film/Pathé Frères France Nov 1912] Directed by Georges Méliès
"Cinderella" animated silent short [Empire Film Mfng Co. Dec 1912]
"The Babes In The Woods" silent short [Pathé Frères France Dec 1912] /tt1167821/
"The Legend of Snow White" silent feature [Thanhouser/Mutual May 1914] { see details on page 3 }
"Snow White" 2-hour silent feature [Life Photo Film Corp. 1916] starring Aimee Ehrlich { see details on page 3 }
"Snow White" silent feature [Famous Players/Paramount Dec 1916] starring Marguerite Clark { see details on page 3 }
"The Seven Swans" silent feature [Famous Players/Paramount Dec 1917] /tt0008563/
"Snow White" silent short [Rex/Universal April 1917] starring Elsie Albert { see details on page 3 }
"Little Red Riding Hood" silent short [Peter Pan Film Corp. July 1917] /tt1356804/
"The Babes In The Woods" silent feature [Fox Film Corp. Dec 1917] story "Hansel und Gretel" /tt0007669/
"Little Red Riding Hood" silent short [Wholesome Films Corp. Jan 1918] /tt0186314/
"The Four Musicians of Bremen" silent cartoon short [Disney Aug 1922] /tt0013149/
"Puss In Boots" silent short [Disney Nov 1922] /tt0013520/
"Cinderella" silent short [Germany 1922] /tt0158472/ directed by Lotte Reiniger
"Little Red Riding Hood" silent short [Laugh-O-Grams July 1922] /tt0013323/ directed by Walt Disney
"Little Red Riding Hood" silent short [Century/Universal Nov 1922] /tt0016033/ starring Baby Peggy
"Little Red Riding Hood" animated silent short [Hepworth, UK 1922] /tt0140334/
"Hansel and Gretel" silent short [Century Film/Universal Dec 1923] /tt0014114/ child actors, starring Baby Peggy
"Little Red Riding Hood" silent short [J.R. Bray/F.B.O. Jan 1925] /tt0016032/ Directed by Walter Lantz
Pre-War Sound Movies
"Little Red Riding Hood" feature [France May 1930] /tt0183646/ starring Catherine Hessling & Jean Renoir
"Silly Symphony: Babes In The Woods" Technicolor cartoon short
[Walt Disney/United Artists Nov 1932]
 | 7½-minute Technicolor cartoon short, adapted from the British folk tale and the Grimm fairy tale, with plot elements added by the Disney crew • Produced by Walt Disney; directed by Burt Gillett; written by Ted Sears; featuring voices of Pinto Colvig & Lucille La Verne
full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia watch full cartoon [7/2017 upload; 7:24] online at YouTube available on DVD along with 36 other Silly Symphony cartoons on the "Walt Disney Treasures: Silly Symphonies" Limited Edition Box Set Walt Disney Video b&w/color DVD [12/2001] 2 disks for $122.00 {sic} |
"Betty Boop in Snow-White" cartoon short [Fleischer Studios March 1933]
 | Featuring Betty Boop, Koko the Clown, and Bimbo the Dog • Produced by Max Fleischer; directed by Dave Fleischer; animated by Roland C. Crandall; voices of Mae Questel, Cab Calloway & Billy Murray cartoon available on the "Betty Boop Vintage Cartoon Collection, 1932-39" [2010] Triad Prodns b&w DVD [4/2010] 16 cartoons on 2 disks for $24.99 credits at IMDb • watch full cartoon [3/2005 upload; 7:04] online at Internet Archive |
"Betty Boop in Poor Cinderella" cartoon short [Fleischer Studios Aug 1934]
 | Featuring Betty Boop, the Ugly Stepsisters, Fairy Godmother, and Prince Charming; the only color Betty Boop cartoon (the animators gave her red hair) • Produced by Max Fleischer; directed by Dave Fleischer; voices of Bonnie Poe & Jack Mercer
cartoon available on the "Betty Boop Vintage Cartoon Collection, 1932-39" [2010] Triad Prodns b&w DVD [4/2010] 16 cartoons on 2 disks for $24.99 credits at IMDb • watch full cartoon [2/2008 upload; 10:33] online at Internet Archive |
"Puss In Boots" Cinecolor cartoon short [Celebrity Prodns May 1934] /tt0148647/ Written & co-directed by Ub Iwerks
"The Shoemaker and The Elves" color cartoon short [Columbia Pictures Jan 1935] /tt0148848/
"The Bremen Town Musicians" cartoon short [Celebrity Prodns March 1935]
 | Exec-produced by Pat Powers; co-produced, written & directed by Ub Iwerks; music by Carl W. Stalling; animated by Stephen Bosustow VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available full credits at IMDb • ComiColor Cartoons entry at Wikipedia watch full cartoon [9/2017 upload; 8:26] online at YouTube |
"Der Graf von Carabas" short [Germany 1935] from "Puss In Boots" beim Gebrüder Grimm /tt0146114/ directed by Lotte Reiniger
"Hans Im Glück" [Germany 1936] /tt0249566/
"The Seven Ravens" puppet animation feature [Germany Dec 1937] /tt0046300/
Walt Disney's "Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs" animated feature [Disney Dec 1937] { see details on page 3 }
"Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot" [Germany Sept 1938] { see details on page 3 }
"Tischlein deck Dich, Esel streck Dich, Knüppel aus Dem Sack" [Germany 1938] /tt0308986/
"Die Verzauberte Prinzessin" [Germany 1940] /tt0372015/
"Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs" color short [Warner/Vitaphone Jan 1943] { see details on page 3 }
"Blancanieves y El Príncipe Azul (Snow White & Prince Charming)" [Spain 1945] { see details on page 3 }
Written & directed by Susana Calandrelli
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Post-War Movies & TV
"El Ahijado de La Muerte" [Mexico Oct 1946] /tt0243744/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_ahijado_de_la_muerte
based on Grimm's "Godfather Death (Der Gevatter Tod)" - KHM 44
"La Caperucita Roja" 8mm short [Cuba 1947] /tt0207370/ directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
"Frau Holle" [Germany Nov 1948] /tt1464211/
"Sleeping Beauty" [Finland April 1949] /tt0121641/
"Hans im Glück" musical feature film [Germany Dec 1949] /tt0140096/
"Little Rural Riding Hood" cartoon [MGM Sept 1949] by Tex Avery /tt0041593/
"Walt Disney's Cinderella" [March 1950] { see details on page 3 }
"The Seven Dwarfs To The Rescue (I Sette Nani alla Riscossa)" [Italy 1951, USA 1965] { see details on page 3 }
"Lumikki ja 7 Jätkää" [Finland Sept 1953] /tt0046017/
"Rotkäppchen" [Germany Oct 1953] /tt0389335/
"Die Goldene Gans" [Germany Dec 1953] /tt0326899/
"Brüderchen und Schwesterchen" [Germany Dec 1953] /tt0210594/
"Frau Holle" animated short [DEFA East Germany 1953] /tt1315948/
"King Thrushbeard" [Germany Aug 1954] /tt0210146/
"Hansel and Gretel" [Germany Aug 1954] /tt0347218/
"Hänsel und Gretel" [Germany Sept 1954, USA Nov 1965] /tt0047103/
"Hänsel und Gretel" opera [R.K.O. Radio Pictures Oct 1954] /tt0193995/
'electronic puppet' version of the 1893 Engelbert Humperdinck opera
"The Three Wishes" animated short [Primrose/Paramount UK Sept 1954] /tt0248551/ directed by Lotte Reiniger
"Rotkäppchen" [Germany Oct 1954] /1206335/
"Frau Holle (Mother Holly)" color feature [Germany Dec 1954
"Der Froschkönig" [Germany Dec 1954] /tt0249524/
"Snow White and Rose Red" short [Primrose/British Film Institute 1954] { see details on page 3 }
"Le Filleul de La Mort (Daughter of Death)" short [France 1954] /tt7475418/ directed by Lucile Costa [1918-2001]
"Der Gestiefelte Kater (The Booted Cat)" color feature [Germany Sept 1955, USA Jan 1967] /tt0048114/
"Cinderella (Aschenputtel)" [Germany Sept 1955, USA Nov 1966] /tt0047843/
"Rumpelstiltskin" [Germany Sept 1955] /tt0048569/
"Snow White and Rose Red (Schneeweisschen und Rosenrot)" [Germany Sept 1955] /tt0048590/
"Sleeping Beauty (Dornröschen)" [Germany Nov 1955, USA Nov 1965] /tt0048010/
"Der Teufel mit Den Drei Goldenen Haaren" [Germany Nov 1955] /tt0048710/
"Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs" [Germany Nov 1955, USA Nov 1965] /tt0048591/
"The Sleeping Beauty" [NBC-TV Dec 1955]
Season 2, Episode 5 of "Producers' Showcase" TV series [1954-57]
Tchaikovsky's 1890 ballet starring Margot Fonteyn was broadcast on TV in color, but only a black-and-white kinescope seems have to survived.
http://www.amazon.com/Tchaikovsky-Sleeping-Beauty-Fonteyn-Sadlers/dp/B0002VGRAE/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sleeping_Beauty_(ballet)
"Katz und Maus" color cartoon short [D.E.F.A. East Germany Feb 1956] /tt0931325/
"Tischlein, Deck Dich (Table, Cover Yourself)" [Germany Sept 1956] /tt0389453/
"The Shoemaker (Die Heinzelmännchen)" [Germany Sept 1956] /tt0049299/
"Das Tapfere Schneiderlein (The Brave Little Tailor)" [D.E.F.A. East Germany Sept 1956] /tt0183862/
"The Donkey, The Table & The Stick" [Germany Nov 1956] /tt0127521/
"The Goose Girl" TV movie [BBC-TV Dec 1956] /tt5137464/
"The Gallant Little Tailor" animated short [Associated British-Pathé April 1957] /tt0214189/ directed by Lotte Reiniger
"The Wolf and The Seven Little Goats (Der Wolf und Die Sieben Jungen Geißlein)" animated color feature
[Germany Aug 1957, USA Nov 1966] /tt0131650/
http://www.amazon.com/Wolf-die-sieben-Geisslein/dp/B013B7VLEM/
"The Goose Girl (Die Gänsemagd)" feature [Germany Dec 1957, USA Nov 1968, Germany re-release Oct 2004] /tt0050472/
"The Singing Ringing Tree (Das Singende, Klingende Bäumchen)" color feature
[D.E.F.A. East Germany Dec 1957, BBC-TV 1964, Germany re-release Nov 2000]
story is said to be made of elements from several Grimm's fairy tales; in 2002, BBC Radio broadcast a program about this film
and its reception in the United Kingdom; the program is still available on the BBC website.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Singing_Ringing_Tree
http://www.amazon.com/Singing-Ringing-Tree-Christel-Bodenstein/dp/B00004YS9R/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhVFcy4ZMIg subtitles [1:11:46]
"Der Froschkönig" TV short [N.W.D.R. Germany June 1958] /tt6951658/
"Rumpelstiltskin" [NBC-TV Feb 1958] episode of "Shirley Temple's Storybook" TV series [1958] /tt0699616/
"The Sleeping Beauty" [NBC-TV June 1958] episode of "Shirley Temple's Storybook" TV series [1958] /tt0699635/
"Rapunzel" [NBC-TV Oct 1958] episode of "Shirley Temple's Storybook" TV series [1958] /tt0699613/
"Tom Thumb" [Galaxy Pictures/M.G.M. Dec 1958] /tt0052427/ directed by George Pal
"Jorinde und Joringel" animated short [D.E.F.A. East Germany 1958] /tt1315960/ written & directed by Johannes Hempel
"Sechse Kommen Durch Die Ganze Welt" {KHM 71} short [D.E.F.A. East Germany June 1959]
/tt0931352/ written & directed by Lothar Barke
"Vom Mutigen Hans (From The Courageous Hans)" animated short [D.E.F.A. East Germany Aug 1959]
/tt0412040/ three Grimm tales for children with orchestral music
"The Bremen Town Musicians (Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten)" animated feature
[Germany Sept 1959, USA Nov 1965] /tt0202275/
available on double feature DVD with "The New Adventures of Heidi" [1978] /tt0077984/
http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Bremen-Musicians-Double-Feature/dp/B000M7UQOQ/
Movies & TV of 1960s
"Hans en Grietje" TV movie [N.I.R. Belgium Jan 1960]
based on the 1893 Engelbert Humperdinck opera, Flemish libretto by Adelheid Wette
"The Elves and The Shoemaker (Kutsuya to Kobito)" stop-motion short [Japan June 1960] /tt9576334/
"Das Zaubermännchen (The Magic Man)" [D.E.F.A. East Germany July 1960, USA 1972]
based on Grimm's "Rumpelstilzchen" /tt0307693/
"Das Tapfere Schneiderlein" b&w TV movie [DFF-TV East Germany Nov 1960] /tt1877601/
"Das Hölzerne Kälbchen (The Wooden Calf)" b&w feature [D.E.F.A. East Germany 1960] /tt0336611/
based on Grimm's "Das Bürle (The Little Peasant)" {KHM 61}
"La Caperucita Roja (Little Red Riding Hood)" [Mexico May 1960] /tt0053693/
directed by Roberto Rodríguez, starring María Gracia
"Little Red Riding Hood and Her Three Friends" [Mexico April 1961] /nm0333463/
directed by Roberto Rodríguez, starring María Gracia
"Tom Thumb and Little Red Riding Hood (Caperucita y Pulgarcito Contra Los Monstruos)"
[Mexico Sept 1962] /tt0053694/
directed by Roberto Rodríguez, starring María Gracia
"The Magic Fountain" [Davis Film Aug 1961] based on "Das Wasser des Lebens" {KHM 97} /tt0055121/
"Snow White" color feature [D.E.F.A. East Germany Oct 1961] { see details on page 3 }
"Mother Holly (Frau Holle)" color feature [Germany Nov 1961, USA 1968] /tt0195726/
"Rumpelstilzchen" b&w feature [Germany 1962] /tt0419102/
"The Wonderful World of The Brothers Grimm" color Cinerama feature
[M.G.M. USA Aug 1962, UK July 1963]
  | 2-hour 15-minute roadshow color 3-camera Cinerama epic from George Pal and M.G.M.; the central story of the two brothers Grimm was loosely based on the biography by Dr. Hermann Gerstner (published in 1970); three Grimm fairy tales were included, each made using stop-motion animation and live-action; George Pal chose lesser-known tales – "The Dancing Princess", "The Cobbler and The Elves", and "The Singing Bone" – so that the audience would not know the endings • Produced by George Pal; main movie directed by Henry Levin; fairy tale segments directed by George Pal; written by Charles Beaumont, David P. Harmon & William Roberts; music by Leigh Harline; starring Laurence Harvey, Karlheinz Böhm, Claire Bloom, Walter Slezak, Barbara Eden, Oskar Homolka, Martita Hunt, Betty Garde, Bryan Russell, Ian Wolfe, Tammy Marihugh, Cheerio Meredith, Walter Rilla, Darby Hinton, Jon Lormer, Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel, Gene Roth; actors in the fairy tale segments included: Arnold Stang, Yvette Mimieux, Russ Tamblyn, Jim Backus, Beulah Bondi, Clinton Sundberg, Walter Brooke, Sandra Bettin, Robert Foulk, Terry-Thomas, Buddy Hackett, Otto Kruger, Robert Crawford Jr., Sydney Smith, Pamela Baird, Billy Barty, Diana Driscoll, True Ellison, Stanley Fafara, 'Little Billy' Rhodes, Ruthie Robinson, Angelo Rossitto, Peter Whitney
Region 1 Blu-ray/DVD not available • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia roadshow souvenir program [1962]
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"Snow White (Schneewittchen)" b&w feature [Germany Nov 1962] /tt1343987/ { see details on page 3 }
"König Drosselbart" TV movie [Germany Dec 1962] /tt1343948/
"Hans In Luck / Wheelbarrow Farm" [BBC-TV March 1963] /tt6358076/
20-minute episode of the "Merry-Go-Round" educational TV series [BBC-TV 1963-83]
"Die Geschichte vom Fischer und Seiner Frau" TV short [WDR-TV Germany March 1963] /tt1734079/
"Von Einem der Auszog, Das Gruseln zu Lernen" TV movie [DFF-TV East Germany June 1963] /tt1877841/
"Mother Holly (Frau Holle)" color feature [D.E.F.A. East Germany Oct 1963] /tt0172467/
"Branca de Neve e Os Sete Anões (Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs)" b&w TV series [TV Paulista Brasil 1963] /tt0288921/
"The Brave Little Tailor" puppet animation short [D.E.F.A. East Germany April 1964] /tt0410726/
"El Diablo de Los Tres Pelos de Oro" [TVE Spain May 1964] /tt6094318/
Season 1, Episode 2 of the half-hour "Nuestro Amigo El Libro" TV series
"Die Goldene Gans (The Golden Goose)" [D.E.F.A. East Germany Sept 1964, USA Jan 1966] /tt0183126/
"The Brave Tailor (Khrabryy Portnyazhka)" ½-hour animated short [Soyuzmultfilm Soviet Union video 1964] /tt5520714/
http://www.kinopoisk.RU/film/438418/ movie page in Cyrillic
"Mr. Magoo's Little Snow White" [Jan 1965] { see details on page 3 }
two-parter on "The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo" TV series [U.P.A./NBC-TV 1964-65]
"Die Kluge: Die Geschichte von Dem König und Der Klugen Frau" b&w TV movie [ZDF-TV Germany Jan 1965] /tt1575533/
"King Thrushbeard (König Drosselbart)" color feature [D.E.F.A. East Germany July 1965] /tt0059372/
"Sleeping Beauty (Dornröschen)" color animated short [D.E.F.A. East Germany 1965] /tt0411304/
"Jackanory" TV series [BBC-TV 1965-96]
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Season 1, Episode 36 "The Musicians of Bremen Town" [Jan 1966] /tt0773541/
Season 1, Episode 37 "The Frog Prince" [Feb 1966] /tt0773512/ Season 1, Episode 38 "The Goose-girl" [Feb 1966] /tt0773518/ Season 1, Episode 39 "Rumpelstiltskin" [Feb 1966] /tt0773503/ Season 1, Episode 40 "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" [Feb 1966] /tt0773559/ |
"Tischlein, Deck Dich" b&w TV show [DFF-TV East Germany Dec 1966] /tt2511890/
"Fantasía 3" widescreen color feature [Altamira Films Spain 1966] /tt0060398/
made up of three fairy tale segments: Grimm's "The Three Hairs of The Devil (Los Tres Pelos del Diablo)", Hans Christian Andersen's
"The Little Mermaid ("La Doncella del Mar)", and L. Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz (El Mago de Oz)"
"Der Meisterdieb (The Master Thief)" animated short [D.E.F.A. East Germany 1966]
/tt1528048/ KHM 192 - written & directed by Jörg d'Bomba
"Der Gestiefelte Kater (The Booted Cat)" animated short [D.E.F.A. East Germany 1966] /tt1319088/
"Sneeuwwitje" b&w TV movie [B.R.T. Belgium Dec 1967] /tt1037149/
"Die Geschichte vom Tapferen Schneiderlein" b&w TV movie [DFF-TV East Germany Dec 1968] /tt1843901/
"Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten" color TV movie [ZDF-TV Germany Dec 1968] /tt1543005/
"Wie Heiratet Man Einen König (How To Marry A King)" color feature [D.E.F.A. East Germany Feb 1969]
based on "Die Kluge Bauerntochter" KHM 94 /tt0065212/
"The Bremen Town Musicians (Bremenskie Muzykanty)" animated short
[Soyuzmultfilm Soviet Union April 1969]
  | hit 20-minute cartoon, hit record album (sold 28 million units in two years), two hit sequels Directed by Inessa Kovalevskaya; written by Vasiliy Livanov & Yuriy Entin; music by Gennadiy Gladkov; featuring voices of Elmira Zherzdeva, Oleg Anofriev, Anatoliy Gorokhov, Gennadiy Gladkov VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia watch better 1969 movie [3/2017 upload; 20:28] online at YouTube watch full 1969 movie [3/2012 upload; 20:30] online at YouTube sequel "On The Trail of The Bremen Town Musicians (Po Sledam Bremenskikh Muzykantov)" [Soviet Union 1973]
sequel "Novye Bremenskiye (The New Bremen Town Musicians)" animated feature [Russia May 2000]
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"Grimms Märchen von Lüsternen Pärchen (Grimm's Fairy Tales of Lustful Couples)" [Germany Aug 1969]
USA releases "The New Adventures of Snow White: An X-Rated Fairy Tale" [Aug 1969] and "Grimm's Fairy Tales For Adults Only" [Sept 1970]
   | Sexy 'adult' plot elements added to tales of 'Snow White', 'Sleeping Beauty', 'Cinderella', and 'Jorinde & Joringel' Written & directed by Rolf Thiele; music by Bernd Kampka; starring Marie Liljedahl, Eva Reuber-Staier, Ingrid van Bergen, Gaby Fuchs, Kitty Gschöpf Kino, Evelyn Dutree, Walter Giller, Peter Hohberger, Hugo Lindinger, Isolde Stiegler, Roswitha Birkle, Milos Gvozdich, Stefan Seitz VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • 'TNASW' movie entry at Wikipedia watch full 'GFTFAO' movie - low-res, faded color, dubbed [12/2017 upload; 1:33:05] online at YouTube watch full 'TNASW' movie - low-res, shortened, faded color, dubbed [12/2017 upload; 1:08:21] online at YouTube |
Muppets "Hey Cinderella!" TV movie [CBC-TV March 1969, ABC-TV April 1970] { see details on page 3 }
"Der Nachtigallenwald (The Nightingale Forest)" b&w TV movie
[DFF-TV East Germany Nov 1969] /tt1872035/ based on Grimm's "Jorinde & Joringel"
"Story Theatre" [N.E.T. Nov 1969]
Season 4, Episode 5 of the "N.E.T. Playhouse" TV Series [National Educational Television/P.B.S. 1964-72]
five Grimm Brothers' fairy tales told using mime, music, and imagination instead of with props and costumes: "The Golden Goose",
"The Blue Light", "The Clever Gretel", "The Goose Girl", and "The Bremen Town Musicians"
"Kapriznaya Printsessa (The Capricious Princess)" color animated short
[Soyuzmultfilm Soviet Union 1969]
 | Produced by Fyodor Ivanov; directed by Valentina & Zinaida Brumberg; adapted by Mikhail Volpin from Grimm's "King Thrushbeard" {KHM 52}; music by Aleksandr Varlamov; featuring voices of Nina Gulyaeva, Aleksey Konsovskiy, Yulian Kozlovskiy, Andrey Mironov, Mariya Mironova, Anatoliy Papanov, Evgeniy Vesnik
Rina Zelyonaya • released on VHS in 1999
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia watch full movie [7/2012 upload; 19:22] online at YouTube |
"Hansel y Gretel" b&w short [Spain 1969] /tt0157731/ directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
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Movies & TV of 1970s
"Sleeping Beauty (Dornröschen)" color feature [D.E.F.A. East Germany Feb 1971] /tt0067012/
"Tales From Muppetland: The Frog Prince" color TV movie [syndication May 1971] { see details on page 3 }
"The Poor Miller's Boy and The Kitten" animated color feature {KHM 106}
[D.E.F.A. East Germany June 1971] /tt0931283/
"Tischlein, Deck Dich" color TV movie [ZDF-TV Germany Nov 1971] /tt5920136/
"As Quatro Chaves Mágicas (The Four Magic Keys)" Eastmancolor feature [Batukfilm Brasil 1971] /tt0200446/
written & directed by Alberto Salvá; based on Grimm's story "Hansel and Gretel", renamed Maria & João
"König Drosselbart" b&w TV movie [DFF-TV East Germany April 1972] /tt1765873/
"Tales From Muppetland: The Muppet Musicians of Bremen" TV movie [syndication April 1972] { see details on page 3 }
"The Pied Piper" [Sagittarius/Paramount Pictures May 1972] /tt0069086/
based on the 1842 Browning poem and not the 1816 "Deutsche Sagen" version by the Brothers Grimm
directed by Jacques Demy, starring Donovan Leitch
http://www.amazon.com/Pied-Piper-Blu-ray-Donovan/dp/B06WLN1GGS/
http://www.amazon.com/Pied-Piper-Donovan/dp/B06W57BYJZ/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3Wal25ZNVE docu short
"Sechse Kommen Durch Die Welt" color movie [D.E.F.A. East Germany Aug 1972] /tt0069240/ starring Jirí Menzel
"Cinderella" animated color TV short [Rankin-Bass Sept 1972] /tt1586047/
Season 1, Episode 3 of "Festival of Family Classics" TV series [1972-73]
available on the "Festival of Family Classics Princess Collection" DVD
Universal Pictures Home Ent. color DVD [3/2006] out of prodn/used
"Puss-in-Boots" animated color TV short [Rankin-Bass Dec 1972] /tt1587530/
Season 1, Episode 10 of "Festival of Family Classics" TV series [1972-73]
"Sleeping Beauty" animated color TV short [Rankin-Bass Jan 1973] /tt1602866/
Season 1, Episode 14 of "Festival of Family Classics" TV series [1972-73]
available on the "Festival of Family Classics Princess Collection" DVD
Universal Pictures Home Ent. color DVD [3/2006] out of prodn/used
"That Girl In Wonderland" animated TV movie [ABC-TV Jan 1973]
Season 1, Episode 17 of The "ABC Saturday Superstar Movie" TV series [1972-74]
 | Anne Marie/Marlo Thomas imagines herself in the stories "Alice In Wonderland", "Goldilocks and The Three Bears", "The Wizard of Oz", and "Cinderella" • Produced & directed by Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin Jr.; written by Stu Hample; featuring voices of Marlo Thomas, Patricia Bright, Dick Heymeyer, Rhoda Mann, Ted Schwartz
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • watch low-res movie [9/2019 upload; 50:41] online at YouTube |
"Snow White" animated color TV short [Rankin-Bass March 1973] /tt1605217/
Season 1, Episode 19 of "Festival of Family Classics" TV series [1972-73]
available on the "Festival of Family Classics Princess Collection" DVD
Universal Pictures Home Ent. color DVD [3/2006] out of prodn/used
"Die Kluge Susanne" TV movie [DFF-TV East Germany April 1973] /tt1753707/
"Askepot (Cinderella)" color TV movie [Danmarks Radio June 1973] /tt0326738/
"King Thrushbeard and The Proud Princess" color TV show [BBC-TV Feb 1974] /tt1059853/
"Sechse Kommen Durch Die Ganze Welt" TV movie [DFF-TV East Germany March 1974] /tt1754472/
"Spindel, Werbeschiffchen, und Nadel" color short [D.E.F.A. East Germany Oct 1974] /tt0411908/
episode of the "Jackanory Playhouse" TV Series [1972-85]
"Das Blaue Licht (The Blue Light)" [Bayerischer Rundfunk April 1975] /tt1989780/
episode of "Das Feuerrote Spielmobil" TV series [West Germany 1972-81]
"Das Blaue Licht (The Blue Light)" color feature [D.E.F.A. East Germany March 1976] /tt0171121/
"Puss 'N Boots Travels Around The World" color animé feature
[Toei Animation Japan March 1976] /tt0086160/
a cat attempts to circle the globe in 80 days (no story credit for Jules Verne)
http://www.amazon.com/Puss-Boots-Travels-Around-World/dp/B002PUOKC2/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rTdrHq62L4 [1:32:26]
"Hänsel und Gretel" animated short [D.E.F.A. East Germany March 1976] /tt0442264/
"Glückskinder" color animated short [D.E.F.A. East Germany Aug 1976] /tt3095842/
"Hans Im Glück" Eastmancolor TV movie [Germany Oct 1976] /tt0074604/
broadcast on Österreichischer Rundfunk; directed by Wolfgang Petersen, starring Jürgen Prochnow
"The Wild Swans" color animé feature [Toei Animation Japan March 1977] /tt0999910/
"Rotkäppchen" color animated short [D.E.F.A. East Germany Nov 1977] /tt0442459/
"The Devil's Three Golden Hairs (Der Teufel Mit Den Drei Goldenen Haaren)"
[D.E.F.A. East Germany Dec 1977] /tt0230969/
"Die Zertanzten Schuhe" TV movie {KHM 133} [D.E.F.A. East Germany Dec 1977] /tt0283158/
"Der Wolf und Die Sieben Geißlein" color TV movie [DFF-TV East Germany Dec 1977] /tt1765785/
"Von Dem Fischer und Siner Fru" color animated short [Germany 1977] /tt4354036/
possibly animation by silhouette cutouts
"Der Meisterdieb" TV movie [DFF-TV East Germany Jan 1978] /tt0376754/
"Jorinde en Joringel" short [Netherlands 1978] /tt0475630/ silhouette film by Niek Reus
"The Dancing Princesses" TV movie [BBC-TV Dec 1978] /tt0282423/
"Tom Thumb" animated short [Bosustow Ent./Churchill Films 1978] /tt1473433/
Co-produced by Nick Bosustow; directed by Sam Weiss; adapted by Eric Carle; voices of Hans Conried & June Foray
"The Youth Who Wanted To Shiver" animated short [Bosustow Ent./Churchill Films 1978] /tt1356936/
Co-produced by Nick Bosustow; directed by Sam Weiss; adapted by Eric Carle; voices of Hans Conried & June Foray
"The Three Golden Hairs" animated short [Bosustow Ent./Churchill Films 1978] /tt1473432/
Co-produced by Nick Bosustow; directed by Sam Weiss; adapted by Eric Carle; voices of Hans Conried & June Foray
"The Fisherman and His Wife" animated short [Bosustow Ent./Churchill Films 1978] /tt1473425/
Co-produced by Nick Bosustow; directed by Sam Weiss; adapted by Eric Carle; voices of Hans Conried & June Foray
"Hans In Luck" animated short [Bosustow Ent./Churchill Films 1978] /tt1473365/
Co-produced by Nick Bosustow; directed by Sam Weiss; adapted by Eric Carle; voices of Hans Conried & June Foray
"The Dancing Princesses" musical TV movie [A.T.V./P.B.S. 1978] /tt0335029/
"Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot" color feature [D.E.F.A. East Germany July 1979] /tt0210964/
Directed by Siegfried Hartmann; starring Julie Juristová, Katrin Martin, Pavel Trávnícek
http://www.amazon.com/Schneewei%C3%9Fchen-und-Rosenrot/dp/B003YHRWO8/
http://www.amazon.com/Schneewei%C3%9Fchen-Rosenrot-Julie-Juristov%C3%A1/dp/B00005NFM7/
"Histórias Que Nossas Babás Não Contavam (Stories Our Nannies Didn't Tell)" color feature [Brasil Nov 1979] /tt0225944/
based on Grimm's "Schneewittchen und Die Sieben Zwerge"; directed by Oswaldo de Oliveira
"Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten" color musical TV movie [DFF-TV East Germany 1979] /tt1522818/
Movies & TV of 1980s
"The Crystal Well" color short [D.E.F.A. East Germany Feb 1980] /tt1694726/
Season 8, Episode 6 of the "Jackanory Playhouse" BBC-TV series [1972-85] - based on Grimm's "Das Wasser des Lebens" {KHM 97}
"The Sorcerer's Apprentice" animated short [LBS Commns Dec 1980] /tt1475429/ narrated by Vincent Price
"Sleeping Beauty (Dornröschen)" colorTV movie [DFF-TV East Germany Dec 1980] /tt1530530/
"Gevatter Tod (Godfather Death)" color TV movie [DFF-TV East Germany Dec 1980] /tt0080786/
"Sestricky Ruzí (The Rose Sisters ?)" TV movie [Czechoslovakia 1980]
main character is a Moss Fairy, then two sisters and two woodsmen; lots of dancing and clog-style shoes
full credits at IMDb •
official Ceska TV movie homepage (in Czech)
watch full movie - no subtitles [7/2017 upload; 38:24] online at YouTube
"Das Tapfere Schneiderlein" color TV movie [DFF-TV East Germany Dec 1981] /tt0314761/
"Hänsel und Gretel" opera [1981] /tt0256086/
Wiener Philharmoniker conducted by Georg Solti performing Humperdinck's 1890 opera
"Little Red Riding Hood and The Wolf" 4-minute sexy short [1981] /tt0256151/ by Cassandra Einstein
"Der Prinz Hinter Den Sieben Meeren" color feature [D.E.F.A. East Germany Nov 1982] /tt0084535/
based on Grimm's "The Singing, Springing Lark" {KHM 88}
"Der Hase und Der Igel" color TV movie [DFF-TV East Germany 1982] /tt1522817/
"Hansel and Gretel" TV movie [Disney Channel Hallowe'en 1983]
surreal stop-motion and live action with Japanese actors in a color special by Tim Burton & Rick Heinrichs that aired only twice
YouTube video begins with Tim Burton b&w short "Vincent" (broadcast on the same nights)
credits at IMDb •
movie entry at Wikipedia
watch full low-res movie [8/2016 upload; 44:12] online at YouTube
"Wunderland: Gustl Bayrhammers Reise zu Den Inseln der Phantasie" TV movie [Bayerischer Rundfunk/WDR/ORF Nov 1983]
instead of Alice, popular TV host Gustl Bayrhammers [1922-93] visits Wonderland and encounters European TV's most popular characters for children:
Asterix & Obelix, Benjamin Blümchen, Heidi, Max & Moritz, Pinnocchio, Pippi Langstrumpf, Pumuckl, Robin Hood, Snow White, Winnetou, and others
credits at IMDb •
movie entry at Wikipedia
watch full movie [4/2018 upload; 1:25:24] online at YouTube
"Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot" [Germany Feb 1984] /tt0242860/
Produced & directed by Rita-Maria Nowotny; written by Fritz & Marina Genschow; starring Marina Genschow, Madeleine Stolze
http://www.amazon.com/Schneewei%C3%9Fchen-und-Rosenrot/dp/B01K9HZGA2/
"Die Kluge Bauerntochter" color animated short [D.E.F.A. East Germany March 1984] /tt0410167/
"Cinderella (Aschenputtel)" color animated short [D.E.F.A. East Germany March 1984] /tt1012672/
"King Thrushbeard (Král Drozdia Brada)" color feature [Czechoslovakia Dec 1984] /tt0087580/
"Woodcutter and Dove" short [Finland 1984] /tt2210647/ by Sakari Rimminen
based on Grimm's "The Fisherman and His Wife" {KHM 19}
"O Trincezne, Která Vsechno Videla (The Princess Who Saw Everything)" short [Czechoslovakia 1984] /tt4411816/
based on Grimm's "The Sea-Hare" {KHM 191}
"Gorshochek Kashi " color animated TV short [Soyuzmultfilm Soviet Union 1984] /tt2795016/
based on Grimm's "Sweet Porridge / The Magic Pot" {KHM 103}
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBMJP3VGjvs [9:49]
"Berg Simeli" animated short [D.E.F.A. East Germany 1984] based on "Simeliberg" /tt1325528/
"The Feather Fairy (Perinbaba)" [Czechoslovakia Oct 1985] based on "Frau Holle" /tt0089800/
Co-written & directed by Juraj Jakubisko; starring Giulietta Masina
"Der Bärenhäuter (Bearskin)" color feature [D.E.F.A. East Germany Jan 1986] /tt0169654/
"Jorinde und Joringel" color TV movie [DFF-TV East Germany Feb 1986] /tt0091301/
"Hans Mein Igel" animated short [D.E.F.A. East Germany Aug 1986] /tt1012727/
"Cida, A Gata Roqueira (Cida, The Rocker Cat)" musical TV movie [Rede Globo de Televisão Brasil Aug 1986] /tt0355329/
Cinderella story has housemaid entering a modern singing contest; music by Roberto de Carvalho & Rita Lee; starring Cláudia Raia & Bia Sion
watch partial movie [2/2013 upload; 22:13] online at YouTube
"König Drosselbart und Das Mädchen Prinzessin" TV movie [DFF-TV East Germany 1986] /tt1062935/
"Rumpelstiltskin" musical feature [Cannon Films April 1987]
 | Standard fairy tale except that the miller's daughter falls in love with and marries the prince (not the king) Full-color feature-length live-action musical produced by Yoram Globus & Menahem Golan; written & directed by David Irving; music by Max Robert; starring Amy Irving, Billy Barty, Priscilla Pointer, Robert Symonds, John Moulder-Brown, Yehuda Efroni, Jonny Phillips, Jack Messinger, Michael Schneider, Yael Uziely, Julian Chagrin, Danny Segev, Susan Berlin, Austin Irving, Yael Neeman, Johnathan Gurfinkel, Igor Borisov, Jerry Hyman, Joseph Bee, Ya'ackov Ben-Sira, Ely Shi, Samini Koresh M.G.M. Video widescreen color DVD [8/2005] for $42.99 {sic} full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia • watch full movie [5/2014 upload; 1:20:58] online at YouTube |
"Red Riding Hood" [Cannon Films Cannes 1987, USA 1988]
 | The heartless ruler of the kingdom decides that his niece is a threat and sends an enchanted wolf-human to get rid of her • Full-color feature-length live-action musical produced by Yoram Globus & Menahem Golan; directed by Adam Brooks; written by Carole Lucia Satrina; music by Stephen Lawrence; starring Amelia Shankley, Isabella Rossellini, Craig T. Nelson, Rocco Sisto, Helen Glazary, Linda Kaye, Amnon Meskin, Julian Chagrin, Haim Zehavy, Stuart Kingston, Danny Segev, Aryeh Moskona, Igor Borisov, Barbara Allen
M.G.M. Video widescreen color DVD [4/2004] out of prodn/many used full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia • watch official trailer [10/2012 upload; 1:26] online at YouTube |
"Snow White" musical feature [Cannon Films Cannes 1987, USA June 1989]
 | Full-color feature-length live-action musical produced by Yoram Globus & Menahem Golan; written & directed by Michael Berz; starring Sarah Patterson, Diana Rigg, Billy Barty, Nicola Stapleton, Mike Edmonds, Ricardo Gil, Malcolm Dixon, Gary Friedkin, Arturo Gil, Tony Cooper, Douglas Sheldon, Dorit Adi, James Ian Wright, Chana Eden, Angela Levinson, Linda Kaye, Julian Chagrin, Azara Rapoport, Amnon Meskin, Michael Schneider, Jeff Guerner
M.G.M. Video widescreen color DVD [8/2005] for $8.27 M.G.M. Video widescreen color DVD [12/2014] for $17.28 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia • watch official trailer [10/2012 upload; 1:44] online at YouTube |
"Hansel and Gretel" [Cannon Films Cannes 1987, USA video 12/1988]
 | 'They lost their way . . . but found a magical adventure!' • Full-color feature-length live-action musical based on the opera "Hansel and Gretel" by Engelbert Humperdinck; produced by Yoram Globus & Menahem Golan; co-written & directed by Len Talan; co-written by Nancy Weems; starring Hugh Pollard, Nicola Stapleton, Emily Richard, Cloris Leachman, Susie Miller, Eugene Kline, Warren Feigin, Josh Buland, Lutuf Nouasser, Beatrice Shimshoni, Daniel Dickman
M.G.M. Video widescreen color DVD [8/2005] for $39.98 full credits at IMDb • watch official trailer [10/2014 upload; 2:11] online at YouTube watch full movie [6/2015 VHS upload; 1:23:03] online at YouTube |
"Die Gänsemagd" animated short [D.E.F.A. East Germany Aug 1987] /tt1012725/
"Mahuliena, Golden Maiden (Mahuliena Zlatá Panna)" [Czechoslovakia Aug 1987] /tt0166853/
based on Grimm's KHM 6: "Faithful John (Der Treue Johannes)" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahuliena,_Golden_Maiden
"O Zivej Vode (The Water of Life)" TV movie in Slovakian [ZDF-TV Germany Jan 1988] /tt0298091/
Co-adapted & directed by Ivan Balada; co-adapted by Karel Steigerwald; based on the writings of Pavol Dobsinský • http://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_%C5%BEivej_vode
watch full movie with voice-over translation [6/2016 upload; 1:27:37] online at YouTube
"Froschkönig (The Frog Prince)" [D.E.F.A. East Germany June 1988] /tt0093052/
"Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten" animated short [D.E.F.A. East Germany July 1988] /tt1012683/
"Iron Jack (Der Eisenhans)" color feature [D.E.F.A. East Germany Sept 1988] /tt0402153/
"Rapunzel or The Magic of Tears" TV movie [D.E.F.A./DFF-TV East Germany Dec 1988] /tt0353936/
"Die Geschichte von Der Gänseprinzessin und Ihrem Treuen Pferd Falada" [D.E.F.A. East Germany Jan 1989] /tt0095210/
based on Grimm's KHM89 "Die Gänsemagd (The Goose Girl)"
"Town Musicians of Bremen (Los 4 Músicos de Bremen)" [Spain June 1989] /tt0096742/
"Once Upon A Tune" animated feature on VHS [1998] directed by Cruz Delgado
70-minute K-Tel Video color VHS [7/98] out of prodn/scarce
"Cinderella (Aschenputtel)" [ZDF-TV Germany Sept 1989] /tt0099065/
"Strom Pohádek: Dobro a Zlo (Tree Fairy Tales: Good and Evil)" TV movie
[Czechoslovakia 1989] /tt3148544/ based on "Sleeping Beauty"
watch full movie - no subtitles [1/2019 upload; 27:36] online at YouTube
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Movies & TV of 1990s
"The Goose Girl" short [Canada Sept 1990] /tt0475595/ directed by Paul Demeyer
"Sleeping Beauty (Dornröschen)" [ZDF-TV Germany Sept 1990] /tt0100626/
"O Gato de Botas Extraterrestre" [Brasil 1990] /tt0443012/ directed by Wilson Rodrigues
"Hans Im Glück" animated short [D.E.F.A. East Germany 1990] /tt1012726/
"The Magic Riddle" [Australia Sept 1991] /tt0102371/
Cinderella and other fairy tales get jumbled together when a grandmother tells a story.
"The Brave Little Tailor (Seven In One Blow)" [ZDF-TV Germany Sept 1991] /tt0099175/
"The Frog Prince" color feature [ZDF-TV Germany Dec 1991] /tt0101922/
100 REMAINING TO COMPLETE
"Der Wolf und Die Sieben Geißlein" animated short [D.E.F.A. East Germany 1991] /tt0988768/
"Schneewittchen und Das Geheimnis der Zwerge" color TV movie [Germany Nov 1992] /tt0105326/
"El Aldeano y El Diablo (The Villager and The Devil KHM189)" [Spain Dec 1993] /tt2820656/
episode of the 99-episode "Colorín Colorado" TV series [1993-94]
"The Legend of Snow White (Shirayuki Hime No Densetsu)" TV series [Tatsunoko Prodn/Mondo TV Japan 1994-95] /tt0296416/
52 color animé episodes shown in Japan April 1994 to March 1995, later shown in Italy & France • Region 1 Blu-ray/DVD not available
"The World's Most Famous Tales (Anime Sekai No Dôwa)" animé TV series /tt0431506/
[Toei Doga/Fuji Eight TV Japan 1994] 26 ½-hour episodes include "Aladdin", "Alice In Wonderland", "Beauty & The Beast", "The Little Mermaid",
"The Nutcracker", and "Thumbelina"; only 21 stories were broadcast, the last five were released on VHS.
watch "Beauty & The Beast" episode dubbed in Italian + English subtitles [1/2016 upload; 20:23] at YouTube
"Snow White" video [1995] /tt1050263/
"Otto Schenk Liest Märchen der Gebrüder Grimm" TV movie [ORF-TV Austria 1995] /tt5298736/
Otto Schenk has been a director since 1960 and a popular TV actor since 1955.
"Biancaneve e i Sette Nani" sexploitation movie [Italy 1995] /tt0272499/ directed by Franco Lo Cascio
"Cinderella" animated video [Burbank Animation Studios March 1996] /tt2240978/
"Honesty" [Sept 1996] /tt0505618/
episode of "Adventures From The Book of Virtues" TV series [Rainbow/PorchLight 1996-2001]
Mentor animals tell stories to two kids; this episode includes "The Frog Prince" and George Washington
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_from_the_Book_of_Virtues
"Snow White: A Tale of Terror" [Polygram/Interscope 1997] /tt0119227/
Filmed in Czech Republic; directed by Michael Cohn; starring Monica Keena, Sigourney Weaver, Sam Neill, Gil Bellows
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White:_A_Tale_of_Terror
http://www.amazon.com/Snow-White-Terror-Sigourney-Weaver/dp/B007JT79Z4/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=128Q-SK7Fzc [1:43]
"The Fearless Four (Die Furchtlosen Vier)" [Warner Bros. Germany Oct 1997, USA May 1998] /tt0119170/
animated feature based on "The Bremen Town Musicians" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fearless_Four_(film)
"The Musicians of Bremen" animated short [Dingo Pictures Germany 1997]
 | Produced, written & directed by Roswitha Haas; music & narrated by Georg Feils
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • official movie site watch full cartoon - dubbed in Finnish [24:33] online at YouTube |
"Hansel & Gretel" animated video [Burbank Animation Studios 1997] /tt1460002/
"Hans Im Glück" [G.G.-Film Germany April 1999] /tt0164630/
"Puss In Boots" animated video [1999] /tt0202536/
http://www.amazon.com/Puss-Boots-Allumination-Phil-Nibbelink/dp/B01GWDI4LU/
"Der Gestiefelte Kater" [1999] /tt0974870/
Season 1, Episode 12 of "Simsala Grimm: Die Märchen der Brüder Grimm" TV series [1999-2010]
"Biancaneve 10 Anni Dopo (Snow White... Ten Years Later)" sexploitation sequel [Italy 1999]
/tt0489450/ directed by Franco Lo Cascio
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Movies & TV of 2000s
"Cinderella: Single Again" live-action feature [NFBC Canada Aug 2000] /tt0245055/
"Kaj og Andrea og 'Snehvide' (Snowwhite)" [Denmark April 2000]
Season 2, Episode 8 of the "Kaj og Andrea" Danish TV series [1999-2007]
"Bajka, Czyli o Dwóch Braciach (Fairy Tale of Two Brothers)" [TV-2 Poland Jan 2001]
/tt8264608/ episode of the "Television Theater" TV series [2001-2005]
"Kaj og Andrea Klæder Sig Ud Fra Top Til Tå og Spiller Askepot (Kaj and Andrea Dress Up
From Top To Toe and Play Cinderella)" [Denmark March 2001] /tt1025683/
Season 2, Episode 7 of the "Kaj og Andrea" Danish TV series [1999-2007]
"Snow White: The Fairest of Them All" TV movie /tt0255605/
[Hallmark Ent. Israel Oct 2001, USA ABC-TV March 2002]
starring Miranda Richardson, Kristin Kreuk, Tom Irwin, Vera Farmiga
http://www.amazon.com/Snow-White-Fairest-Them-All/dp/B0000640T0/
"Bremenskie Muzykanty" [Russia March 2001] /tt1037022/
"Lort & Lagkage (Lies & Pie)" TV series [Danmark TV-2 2002] /tt0341167/
13 unlisted episodes include 'Snow White', 'Cinderella', 'Brick-Hans', 'The Ugly Duckling', and 'The Emperor's New Garments'
"Hansel & Gretel" live-action feature [USA Oct 2002] /tt0293832/
"Grimm Reality" video [indep Oct 2002] /tt0439592/
'Grimm Fairy Tales raw and uncensored, the way that they were originally told in Central Europe'
http://www.amazon.com/GRIMM-REALITY-Shelby-Taylor/dp/B000BBDZ7I/
"Popoluska (Cinderella)" [Slovakia Dec 2002] /tt9680148/
"The Fisherman and His Wife" student short [B.Y.U. Feb 2004] /tt6353726/
color short film, live action and puppetry and watercolor paintings; written by Tony Gunn, directed by Kohl Glass
credits at IMDb •
watch full short [7/2010 upload; 13:47] online at Vimeo
"Allerleirauh" {KHM 65} animated short [K.H.M. Germany 2004] /tt3370302/
"Martinko Klingác" feature [Slovakia Dec 2004]
 | 56-minute drama-puppet performance for children 3 years & older by Theater Portal in Bratislava, Slovakia; a fairy tale about friendship, based on Grimm's "Rumplestiltskin" {KHM 55} Written by Pavel Dobšinský, directed by Luba Vancíková VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb watch clips of Divadlo Portál performance [1:17] online at YouTube |
"The Fisherman and His Wife" [Constantin Film Oct 2005] /tt0430097/
Written & directed by Doris Dörrie; modern tale of a wife who wants more, without fairy tale elements
"Rotkäppchen" TV movie [ZDF-TV Germany Dec 2005] /tt0825755/
"Seven Swans" short [U.S.C. student film 2005] /tt0462026/
http://www.matterworks.com/seven_swans/
"Kopciuszek (Cinderella)" [Telewizja Polska Sept 2005] /tt0472228/
Season 52, Episode 16 of the "Television Theater" TV Series [1953-2020]
"Auf den Spuren des Hans Im Glück" TV movie [Germany March 2006] /tt0453487/
"Hänsel und Gretel" TV movie [ZDF-TV Germany May 2006] /tt0472106/
"Red Riding Hood" [Tag Ent./Fox DVD release June 2006] /tt0385988/
"Baba Yaga" short [E.N.S. France 2006] /tt3567544/
12-minute color film adapted from the tale of Hansel and Gretel
"Hansel and Gretel" video short [Palehorse Prodns March 2007] /tt1482859/
"Rumpelstilzchen" TV movie [ZDF-TV Germany Dec 2007] /tt1130877/
"Trois Contes Merveilleux (Three Wonderful Tales)" TV movie [Dec 2007] /tt1167684/
three segments narrated by Pierre Bellemare: "Barbe Bleue", "Cendrillon", and "Blanche-Neige"
"Frau Holle" TV movie [ARD-TV Germany Nov 2008] /tt1194193/
"König Drosselbart" TV movie [ARD-TV Germany Nov 2008] /tt1255954/
"The Frog King" TV movie [ARD-TV/SWR-TV Germany Nov 2008] /tt1258947/
"Das Tapfere Schneiderlein" TV movie [ARD-TV/NDR-TV Germany Nov 2008] /tt1260404/
"Tischlein Deck Dich" TV movie [WDR-TV Germany Nov 2008] /tt1260407/
"Brüderchen und Schwesterchen" TV movie [ARD-TV/MDR-TV Germany Nov 2008] /tt1261043/
"Sleeping Beauty" TV movie [ZDF-TV Germany Dec 2008] /tt1205478/
"Little Red Riding Hood" video short [Gen-Y Films USA 2009] by J.L. Carrozza /tt1458493/
"The Fairest" short [2009] /tt1500204/
"Who's Hungry?" b&w student short [CalArts April 2009] /tt7245360/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8srEvrF90-s [5.04]
"Sleeping Beauty" TV movie [ARD-TV/SWR-TV Germany Nov 2009] /tt1451618/
"Rapunzel" TV movie [ARD-TV/RBB-TV Germany Nov 2009] /tt1451759/
"Schneewittchen" TV movie [BRF-TV Germany Nov 2009] /tt1479358/
50 REMAINING TO COMPLETE
"Der Gestiefelte Kater" TV movie [NDR-TV Germany Nov 2009] /tt1480190/
"Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten" TV movie [Radio Bremen/NDR-TV Germany Nov 2009] /tt1483359/
"Die Kluge Bauerntochter" TV movie [MDR-TV Germany Nov 2009] /tt1483361/
"Die Gänsemagd" TV movie [ARD-TV Germany Nov 2009] /tt1505114/
"Rumpelstilzchen" TV movie [ARD-TV/WDR-TV Germany Nov 2009] /tt1517485/
"Der Teufel Mit Den Drei Goldenen Haaren" TV movie [ZDF-TV Germany Dec 2009] /tt1482996/
"Who Killed Little Red Riding Hood" TV movie [France TV-2 2009] /tt2336156/
Movies & TV of 2010s
"Rumpelstiltskin" puppets movie [indep 2010?]
 | 45-minute version of the traditional tale performed by puppets; details not found • not listed at IMDb Paul Mesner Puppets color DVD [2010] out of prodn/scarce Paul Mesner Puppets color DVD [2010] out of prodn/scarce |
"Der Meisterdieb" TV movie [NDR-TV/ARD-TV Germany May 2010] /tt1772256/
"Das Blaue Licht" TV movie [ARD-TV Germany Nov 2010] /tt1772254/
Disney's "Tangled" animated feature [Walt Disney Pictures Nov 2010] /tt0398286/
based on the fairy tale "Rapunzel" • http://movies.disney.com/tangled
"Puss In Boots (Csizmás Kandúr)" TV movie [Slovakia Nov 2010] /tt4306676/
"Cinderella (Aschenputtel)" TV movie [ZDF-TV Germany Dec 2010] /tt1787655/
"Little Red Riding Hood" aka "Red" student short video [USA streaming May 2010] /tt7840290/
watch 4/2010 short cartoon - music, no dialogue [2:33] online at Vimeo
"Red Riding Hood" [Warner Bros. March 2011] starring Amanda Seyfried /tt1486185/
"Red Riding Hood: The Reinvention of Red Riding Hood" DVD bonus video [Warner Bros. June 2011] /tt2395443/
"Scarlet" short [Sept 2011] filmed in North Carolina /tt3631000/
"Der Eisenhans" TV movie [ZDF-TV Germany Dec 2011] /tt2129994/
"Jorinde und Joringel" TV movie [RBB-TV/ARB-TV/ARD-TV Germany Dec 2011] /tt1948055/
"Cinderella (Aschenputtel)" TV movie [2011] /tt2129885/
"Die Zertanzten Schuhe" TV movie [2011]
"Die Sterntaler" TV movie [2011]
"The Seven Ravens" short [2011]
"Little Red Riding Hood" [2011] episode of the "Cartoonito Tales" TV series
"Grimm's Snow White" video [2012]
"The Juniper Tree" short [2012]
"Tremotino: Parte 1" TV movie [2012]
"Allerleirauh" TV movie [2012]
"Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot" TV movie [2012]
"Rotkäppchen" TV movie [2012]
"Hänsel und Gretel" TV movie [2012] (TV Movie)
"Die Sechs Schwäne" TV movie [2012] (TV Movie)
"Hansel & Gretel" [2013] (Video) (fairy tale - uncredited)
"Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" [2013] (fairy tale - uncredited)
"Hansel and Gretel" short [2013]
"Der Teufel Mit Den Drei Goldenen Haaren" TV movie [2013]
"Aschenbrödel und Der Gestiefelte Kater" [2013]
"Die Goldene Gans" TV movie [2013]
"Vom Fischer und Seiner Frau" TV movie [2013]
"Els Tres Pèls Del Dimoni" video short [2014]
"Sleeping Beauty" [2014]
"Die Drei Federn" TV movie [2014]
"Hänsel" short [2015] based on: "Hänsel und Gretel"
"The White Snake" TV movie [2015] based on the fairy tale by Brüder Grimm
"Hänsel und Gretel" [2015]
"Historia Sniezki" [2015] episode of the "Television Theater" TV Series [2015-2017]
"Snow Spears and The Seven Dwarfs - Britney Spears" [2016] episode of the "Unexpected Musicals" TV series
"Das Singende, Klingende Bäumchen" TV movie [2016]
"The Curse of Sleeping Beauty" [2016] inspired by the story "Little Briar Rose"
"The Girl Without Hands" [2016] (tale "Das Mädchen ohne Hände"
"Spiaca Królewna" [2017] episode of the "Television Theater" TV Series [2015-2017]
"Kopciuszek" [2017] episode of the "Television Theater" TV Series [2015-2017]
"Wicked Mirrors" TV series [2017-2018] [] - 8 episodes
A Dark Spell (2017) episode
- Blood Pact (2017) episode
- Mistress of E. (2017) episode
- Ana's Rules (2018) episode
- Rituals (2018)episode
- The Crowning (2018) episode
- Pretty Pictures (2018) episode
- To The Bones (2018) episode
"Der Süße Brei" TV movie [2018] based on the fairy tale by Gebrüder Grimm)
"Little Red Riding Hood (Tsitelkuda)" short [2018]
"White As Snow" [announced 2019, release date unknown] based on the story of Snow White
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Movies & TV of 2020 & Beyond
"Lil' Roja N The Hood" short [release date unknown]
"Bremenski Gradski Sviraci" short [release date unknown]
"Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs" [release date unknown]
"Rose Red" [announced 2019, release date unknown]
"Gretel and Hansel: A New Musical" short [announced Aug 2018, 'in production' 2019]
Written & directed by Alex Preston; starring Sarah Charles Lewis, Joseph Masson, Sophie Decker •
latest credits at IMDb
"Gretel & Hansel" horror movie [Orion Pictures Jan 2020] 
 | Directed by Oz Perkins, starring Sophia Lillis, Samuel Leakey, Alice Krige
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia watch 9/2019 official trailer [1:12] online at YouTube |
Selected Films, By Tales
This combined page naturally grew rapidly and so this section was soon cut to its own page:
top of page 3 • Cinderella • The Frog Prince • Hansel & Gretel • Musicians of Bremen Town • Pied Piper • Puss 'N Boots • Rapunzel •
Red Riding Hood • Rumpelstiltskin • Sleeping Beauty • Snow White • Tom Thumb • other tales
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often confused with tales from the Brothers Grimm
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Hans Christian Anderson
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J.M. Barrie [1860-1937]
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L. Frank Baum [1856-1919]
L i n k s
combination Grimm tales / Appalachian tales short films [circa 1990s] website
derelict Glück Kingdom fairy-tale theme park [1989-2007] in Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan
archived Glucks Koenigreich Japanese-language website from 2013 at Internet Archive's Wayback Machine
here on the Brothers Grimm Film Festival Pages at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
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