Frau Holle 60 years old

Frau Holle

The widow has an ugly and lazy daughter, Pechmarie, and a beautiful and hard-working step-daughter, Goldmarie. Because Pechmarie is her real daughter, the widow clearly favors her and makes Goldmarie do all the work. Poor Goldmarie must also sit and spin all day by the well until her fingers bleed. When she tries to rinse out the spindel, it drops into the cold water. Her unsympathetic step-mother tells her to jump in after it. Goldmarie does as she is told, and then wakes up in the middle of a beautiful field of flowers. This is the land of Frau Holle, who welcomes Goldmarie and invites her to stay, as long as she will help with the housework. Marie stays and serves Frau Holle gladly, until she suffers so terribly from homesickness that she asks to go home. Before bringing her back, Frau Holle rewards Marie with a shower of gold. Upon her return, Goldmarie and her gold are welcomed by her greedy step-sister and -mother. Hoping for the same kind of reward, the step-mother sends ...

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Frau Holle Cast

Name Character
Katharina Lind She was 26, now 87 years old as Pechmarie
Karin Ugowski She was 20, now 80 years old as Goldmarie
Rudi Pfaff as Hannes
Wolfgang Vermeiren as 2. Kind
Mathilde Danegger She was 60, 84 years old when she died as Frau Holle
Rolf Dietrich Zienau as 1. Kind
Herbert Graedtke He was 21, now 82 years old as Mathias
Gudrun Lüth as 3. Kind
Elfriede Florin She was 51, 93 years old when she died as Witwe
Jürgen Pörschemann as Klaus

Frau Holle Crew

Name Department
Wilhelm Grimm as Novel. He was 177 (73) years old when He died Writing
Gottfried Kolditz as Director. He was 40 (59) years old when He died Directing
Gottfried Kolditz as Screenplay. He was 40 (59) years old when He died Writing
Günter Kaltofen as Screenplay. He was 36 (49) years old when He died Writing
Erich Gusko as Cinematography. He was 33 (now 94) years old Crew
Hildegard Tegener as Editor. Editing
Jacob Grimm as Novel. He was 178 (78) years old when He died Writing
Erich Kühne as Production Manager. Production
Margot Beichler as Dramaturgy. She was 37 (now 97) years old Crew
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Frau Holle (60 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, October 12, 1963
  • Runtime: 57 minutes