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 Harvey
Wilhelm Grimm / Cobbler (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
Karlheinz Böhm
Jacob Grimm
Claire Bloom
Dorothea Grimm
Walter Slezak
Stossel
Barbara Eden
Greta Heinrich
Oskar Homolka
The Duke ('The Dream')
Arnold Stang
Rumpelstiltskin
Martita Hunt
Anna Richter
Betty Garde
Miss Bettenhausen
Bryan Russell
Friedrich Grimm
Ian Wolfe
Gruber
Tammy Marihugh
Pauline Grimm
Cheerio Meredith
Mrs. Von Dittersdorf
Walter Rilla
Priest
Yvette Mimieux
The Princess (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Russ Tamblyn
The Woodsman (segment "The Dancing Princess") / Tom Thumb
Jim Backus
The King (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Beulah Bondi
The Gypsy (segment "The Dancing Princess")
Clinton Sundberg
The Prime Minister / Hans (singing voice)
Walter Brooke
The Mayor (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
Sandra Bettin
The Ballerina (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
Robert Foulk
The Hunter (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
Terry-Thomas
Ludwig (segment "The Singing Bone")
Buddy Hackett
Hans (segment "The Singing Bone")
Otto Kruger
The King (segment "The Singing Bone")
Robert Crawford Jr.
The Shepherd (segment "The Singing Bone")
Sydney Smith
The Spokesman (segment "The Singing Bone")
Pamela Baird
Cinderella (uncredited)
Billy Barty
The Court Jester (segment "The Dancing Princess") (uncredited)
Jeanine Cashell
Princess Aide ('The Dancing Princess') (uncredited)
Diana Driscoll
Gretel
True Ellison
Snow White
Stanley Fafara
Hansel
Darby Hinton
Little Boy
Jon Lormer
The Doctor
Gregory Morton
Dantino
Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel
Flower Vendor
'Little Billy' Rhodes
Grumpy the Dwarf
Ruthie Robinson
Little Red Riding Hood
Angelo Rossitto
Dwarf
Gene Roth
Berlin Royal Academy Representative at Train Station
Peter Whitney
The Giant
Crew
Henry Levin
Director
George Pal
Director, Producer
David P. Harmon
Screenplay, Screenstory
Charles Beaumont
Screenplay
William Roberts
Screenplay
Jacob Grimm
Story
Wilhelm Grimm
Story
Hermann Gerstner
Novel
Walter Thompson
Editor
Paul Vogel
Director of Photography
Charles K. Hagedon
Color Grading
Al Jennings
Assistant Director
Robert R. Snody
Production Coordinator
Thomas Conroy
Production Supervisor
Gae Griffith
Producer's Assistant
Robert Fuca
Set Costumer
Mary Wills
Costume Design
Jim Danforth
Animation
Tom Holland
Animation
Pete Kleinow
Animation
David Pal
Animation
Don Sahlin
Animation
Peter Van Elk
Animation
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
William Tuttle
Makeup Designer
John Truwe
Makeup Artist
Van Allen James
Sound Editor
Tim Baar
Visual Effects
Wah Chang
Visual Effects
Robert R. Hoag
Visual Effects
Gene Warren
Visual Effects
Leigh Harline
Music, Conductor
Bob Merrill
Songs
Frank Wesselhoff
Painter
Henry Grace
Set Decoration
Richard Pefferle
Set Decoration
Vic Parks
Stunt Double
Alex Romero
Choreographer
Franklin Milton
Recording Supervision
Edward C. Carfagno
Art Direction
George W. Davis
Art Direction
Gus Levene
Orchestrator
