Laurence Harvey
Wilhelm Grimm/The Cobbler
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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm: Directed by Henry Levin, George Pal. With Laurence Harvey, Karlheinz Böhm, Claire Bloom, Walter Slezak. The story of Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, and three of their stories.
- (2.1K)
- Animation, Adventure, Biography
- Henry Levin, George Pal
- 1963-07-16
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm is a 1962 American fantasy film directed by Henry Levin and George Pal. The latter was the producer and also in charge of the stop motion animation. The film was one of the highest-grossing films of 1962.
- $8.9 million
- George Pal
- $6.25 million or $6 million
Synopsis. In Bavaria in the early 19th century, brothers Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm are commissioned to write a history of the local duke's family. Wilhelm finds it difficult to concentrate on the task, however, and irritates his wife Dorothea and his brother by devoting his time to collecting and writing fairy tales.
- Henry Levin, Al Jennings, George Pal
- Laurence Harvey
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...
- (1.7K)
- Henry Levin, George Pal
- G
- Laurence Harvey
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The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized. Wilhelm fights to write something entertaining amongst the sea of dry, non-fiction books they write and he sets about collecting oral-tradition fairy tales to put into print.
Synopsis by Eleanor Mannikka. This long, 135-minute feature is divided into four different segments, three highlighting fairy tales and the first introducing the two Brothers Grimm. Wilhelm (Laurence Harvey) is the dreamer, and Jacob (Karl Boehm) is the practical one, and between them, some marvelous fairy tales develop.
