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Mother Holly
1963 5.7 (19 votes) 0h 57m
Genres
Family
Production Companies
DEFA

Mother Holly (Frau Holle)

Overview

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 ...

Key Crew

Director: Gottfried Kolditz

Screenplay: Gottfried Kolditz, Günter Kaltofen

Story: Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm

Top Cast

Mathilde Danegger
Mathilde Danegger

Frau Holle

Karin Ugowski
Karin Ugowski

Goldmarie

Katharina Lind
Katharina Lind

Pechmarie

Elfriede Florin
Elfriede Florin

Witwe

Herbert Graedtke
Herbert Graedtke

Mathias

Rudi Pfaff

Hannes

Jürgen Pörschemann

Klaus

Rolf Dietrich Zienau

1. Kind

Videos

Schulfilm-DVD: FRAU HOLLE (Vorschau)

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