The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

G

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.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

04/01/2022

3.5/4

A delightful film.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

04/07/2010

B

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

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Emanuel Levy

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07/21/2005

2/5

Steve Crum

Kansas City Kansan

01/03/2005

3/5

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

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@RT35616104 07/19/2020

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

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05/29/2019

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.

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09/01/2018

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.

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@ScottR 12/07/2014

Goes to show how good Disney really is.

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07/08/2013

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.

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02/24/2013

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.

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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.

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