Mother Holly (1963)

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  • 10/12/1963 (DE)
  • Family
  • 57m

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 ...

Gottfried Kolditz

Director, Screenplay

Günter Kaltofen

Screenplay

Jacob Grimm

Story

Wilhelm Grimm

Story

Cast

Mathilde Danegger's headshot

Mathilde Danegger

Frau Holle
Karin Ugowski's headshot

Karin Ugowski

Goldmarie
Katharina Lind's headshot

Katharina Lind

Pechmarie
Elfriede Florin's headshot

Elfriede Florin

Witwe
Herbert Graedtke's headshot

Herbert Graedtke

Mathias
Rudi Pfaff's headshot

Rudi Pfaff

Hannes
Jürgen Pörschemann's headshot

Jürgen Pörschemann

Klaus
Rolf Dietrich Zienau's headshot

Rolf Dietrich Zienau

1. Kind

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