Story :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. Their life story is countered with reenactments of three of their stories including "The Dancing Princess," "The Cobbler and the Elves" and "The Singing Bone."
Cast
Laurence HarveyWilhelm Grimm / Cobbler (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
Karlheinz BöhmJacob Grimm
Claire BloomDorothea Grimm
Walter SlezakStossel
Barbara EdenGreta Heinrich
Oskar HomolkaThe Duke ('The Dream')
Arnold StangRumpelstiltskin
Martita HuntAnna Richter
Betty GardeMiss Bettenhausen
Bryan RussellFriedrich Grimm
Ian WolfeGruber
Tammy MarihughPauline Grimm
Cheerio MeredithMrs. Von Dittersdorf
Walter RillaPriest
Yvette MimieuxThe Princess (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Russ TamblynThe Woodsman (segment "The Dancing Princess") / Tom Thumb
Jim BackusThe King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Beulah BondiThe Gypsy (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Clinton SundbergThe Prime Minister / Hans (singing voice)
Walter BrookeThe Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
Sandra BettinThe Ballerina (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
Robert FoulkThe Hunter (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
Terry-ThomasLudwig (segment "The Singing Bone")
Buddy HackettHans (segment "The Singing Bone")
Otto KrugerThe King (segment "The Singing Bone")
Robert Crawford Jr.The Shepherd (segment "The Singing Bone")
Sydney SmithThe Spokesman (segment "The Singing Bone")
Pamela BairdCinderella (uncredited)
Billy BartyThe Court Jester (segment "The Dancing Princess") (uncredited)