(Das Zaubermännchen)

Content: 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…

Countries:

East Germany

Genres:

Fantasy,

Family

Runtime:

73 minutes

Year:

1960

Directors:

Erwin Anders

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Production companies:

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Actors:

Rumpelstilzchen

Müllerstochter Marie

Müller Kunz

Müllerbursche Hans

König

Crews:

Director

Director

Story

Story

Music