The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

G

Released Aug 7, 1962

2h 9m

Fantasy

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Wilhelm (Laurence Harvey) and Jacob Grimm (Karl Boehm) are writing a historical manuscript for a local duke (Oscar Homolka), but the project is late because Wilhelm spends his time gathering fairy tales. When Wilhelm drops part of the manuscript in a creek, catches pneumonia while retrieving it. Near death, he dreams of various characters that want to be written -- and upon his recovery, a shaken Jacob agrees to work on a book of fairy tales with him, beginning the brothers' illustrious career.

Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

A delightful film.

Rated: 3.5/4

Apr 1, 2022

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Dennis Schwartz

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Fanciful biography of the early 19th century German fairy-tale collectors.

Rated: B

Apr 7, 2010

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: 2/5

Jul 21, 2005

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Steve Crum

Kansas City Kansan

Cinerama-big & star packed...but draggy.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 3, 2005

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steve d

I don't even think it was the passable world of the brothers Grimm.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Processed in cinemascope, so audiences with only widescreen will see the "lines" created by the three strips of film... As you might expect, children loved this movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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MGM and Cinerama collaborated on this lavish musical fantasy, the first fictional Cinerama film. Animator George Pal also produced some magical stop-motion puppetry including - in the film's best sequence - a fire-breathing dragon which battles Terry-Thomas and Buddy Hackett. Laurence Harvey and Karl Boehm play the brothers in the dramatic sequences, which tend to drag.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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s r

Goes to show how good Disney really is.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Very charming. 1st widescreen movie to be released. The acting is a little hokey but I relate to the message. There's a moment in the film when his characters come visit him. We all long for these fictional characters were real somehow. And if you created the characters you long to meet them so much more. Be ready to fast forward. Some scenes (like dance sequences) draaaaaaaag on.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Entertaining recreation of Brothers Grimm stories intermixed with their own lives. The fairy tales are the more entertaining part of the film, particularly the "Puppetoons" segments. Filmed in Cinerama, the frame is ridiculously wide and it not used to much effect outside of having supporting characters standing on the fringes to fill out the frame. Still, it's an entertaining enough of children's film.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Henry Levin

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George Pal

Director

Laurence Harvey

Wilhelm Grimm

Karlheinz Böhm

Jacob Grimm

Claire Bloom

Dorothea Grimm

Walter Slezak

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Synopsis

Wilhelm (Laurence Harvey) and Jacob Grimm (Karl Boehm) are writing a historical manuscript for a local duke (Oscar Homolka), but the project is late because Wilhelm spends his time gathering fairy tales. When Wilhelm drops part of the manuscript in a creek, catches pneumonia while retrieving it. Near death, he dreams of various characters that want to be written -- and upon his recovery, a shaken Jacob agrees to work on a book of fairy tales with him, beginning the brothers' illustrious career.

Director: Henry Levin, George Pal
Producer: George Pal
Screenwriter: David P Harmon
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Cinerama Productions Corp.
Rating: G
Genre: Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 7, 1962, Original
Runtime: 2h 9m
Sound Mix: Stereo