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Mother Holly

Mother Holly (1963)

Directed by Gottfried Kolditz
1h 19minruntime
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Plot

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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Family

Technical details

DetailValue
Original titleFrau Holle
Original languageDeutsch (DE)
Spoken languagesDeutsch
Production countriesEast Germany
StatusReleased
Production companiesDEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Release date12 ottobre 1963
WriterGottfried Kolditz, Günter Kaltofen, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
EditingHildegard Tegener
CinematographyErich Gusko
Assistant directorsGottfried Kolditz
Production designErich Krüllke, Werner Pieske
Art directionErich Krüllke, Werner Pieske
Set decorationErich Krüllke, Werner Pieske
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Germany / Oct 12, 1963 / 0

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