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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm


Date: 1962
Type: Fantasy / Musicical
Rating: 3 Stars 3/5
Colour: Yes
Director: Henry Levin and George Pal
Producer:

Comment/Synopsis

This is a mix of the life of the Grimm brothers and the telling of three of their stories. The film was made using the three camera Cinerama system. This gave a very wide screen format but had limitations in that the cameras had to be stationary and only allowed medium and long shots. Whilst the telling of the stories are entertaining, the biographical sections are uninspiring and the effects are not very good. The film is also over long which also does not help.

Actors


Laurence HarveyLaurence Harvey
Karlheinz Bohm
Claire BloomClaire Bloom
Walter SlezakWalter Slezak
Barbara EdenBarbara Eden
Oscar HomolkaOscar Homolka
Martita HuntMartita Hunt
Betty Grade
Ian WolfeIan Wolfe
Tammy Marihugh
Cheerio Meredith
Yvette MimieuxYvette Mimieux
Russ TamblynRuss Tamblyn
Jim BackusJim Backus
Beulah BondiBeulah Bondi
Sandra Bettin
Terry ThomasTerry Thomas
Buddy Hackett
Otto KrugerOtto Kruger

Oscars

Nomination - Cinematography, Art Direction, Costume, Music
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm