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Rumpelstiltskin and the Golden Secret

Rumpelstiltskin and the Golden Secret

19605.11h 13m

Overview

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…

Directed by Christoph Engel
Written by Wilhelm Grimm, Jacob Grimm, Christoph Engel
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Top Cast

Siegfried Seibt

Siegfried Seibt

Rumpelstilzchen

Karin Lesch

Karin Lesch

Müllerstochter Marie

Karl-Heinz Rothin

Karl-Heinz Rothin

Müller Kunz

Reinhard Michalke

Reinhard Michalke

Müllerbursche Hans

Nikolaus Paryla

Nikolaus Paryla

König

Peter Dommisch

Peter Dommisch

Der einfältige Nachbar

B

Bodo Mette

Schatzmeister

H

Hans-Hartmut Krüger

Bote des Königs

F

Franz Bonnet

Torwächter

W

Werner Pfeifer

Schreiber

About Rumpelstiltskin and the Golden Secret

Rumpelstiltskin and the Golden Secret is a fantasy, family film released in 1960. Directed by Christoph Engel, it stars Siegfried Seibt, Karin Lesch, Karl-Heinz Rothin. 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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