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Das Zaubermännchen

DDR 1959/1960 Spielfilm

An adaptation of "Rumpelstiltskin", the fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. When the miller Kunz claims that his daughter Marie is able to spin straw into gold, the girl is brought to the king′s castle as a prisoner. Here, she is supposed to demonstrate her ability and fill up the state′s treasury. Marie is absolutely distressed. Suddenly, a dwarfish creature appears in her room and offers her a deal: In return for Marie′s first-born child it will spin all the straw to gold. In her despair, Marie agrees. One year later, Marie - who has meanwhile married the king - expects her first child and the dwarf returns to remind the young queen of her promise. In an attempt to appear noble, the dwarf offers her one last chance: If Marie can guess the dwarf′s name, she may keep her child.

 

Credits

Director

  • Christoph Engel

Screenplay

  • Christoph Engel
  • Gudrun Deubener
  • Margot Beichler

Director of photography

  • Erwin Anders

Editing

  • Anneliese Hinze-Sokolowa

Music

  • Wolfgang Pietsch

Cast

  • Karl-Heinz Rothin
    Müller Kunz
  • Karin Lesch
    Marie, seine Tochter
  • Reinhard Michalke
    Müllerbursche Hans
  • Peter Dommisch
    Einfältiger Nachbar
  • Nikolaus Paryla
    König
  • Bodo Mette
    Schatzmeister
  • Siegfried Seibt
    Rumpelstilzchen
  • Gerda Jawer
    Reißigweibchen
  • Hans-Hartmut Krüger
    Bote des Königs
  • Franz Bonnet
    Torwächter

Production company

  • DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme (Potsdam-Babelsberg)

Alle Credits

Director

  • Christoph Engel

Co-Director

  • Erwin Anders

Screenplay

  • Christoph Engel
  • Gudrun Deubener
  • Margot Beichler

Adaptation

  • Günter Kaltofen (Bühnenbearbeitung)

based on

  • Gebrüder Grimm (DE) (Märchen "Rumpelstilzchen")

Script editor

  • Gudrun Deubener
  • Margot Beichler

Director of photography

  • Erwin Anders

Still photography

  • Josef Borst

Production design

  • Ernst-Rudolf Pech

Costume design

  • Ingeborg Wilfert

Editing

  • Anneliese Hinze-Sokolowa

Miscellaneous

  • Günter Kaltofen (Bühnenbearbeitung)

Music

  • Wolfgang Pietsch

Cast

  • Karl-Heinz Rothin
    Müller Kunz
  • Karin Lesch
    Marie, seine Tochter
  • Reinhard Michalke
    Müllerbursche Hans
  • Peter Dommisch
    Einfältiger Nachbar
  • Nikolaus Paryla
    König
  • Bodo Mette
    Schatzmeister
  • Siegfried Seibt
    Rumpelstilzchen
  • Gerda Jawer
    Reißigweibchen
  • Hans-Hartmut Krüger
    Bote des Königs
  • Franz Bonnet
    Torwächter
  • Werner Pfeifer
    Schreiber
  • Hans Flössel
    1. Bauer
  • Hans Feldner
    2. Bauer
  • Dieter Schindelbauer
    3. Bauer

Production company

  • DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme (Potsdam-Babelsberg)

Unit production manager

  • Werner Dau

Original distributor

  • Progress Film-Verleih (Berlin/Ost)
Duration:
2006 m, 74 min
Format:
35mm
Video/Audio:
Agfa Wolfen, Ton
Screening:

Uraufführung (DD): 29.07.1960

Titles

Additional titles
  • Schreibvariante (DD) Das Zauber-Männchen
  • Weiterer Titel (DD) Rumpelstilzchen
  • Originaltitel (DD) Das Zaubermännchen

Versions

Original

Duration:
2006 m, 74 min
Format:
35mm
Video/Audio:
Agfa Wolfen, Ton
Screening:

Uraufführung (DD): 29.07.1960

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