Mother Holly

Mother Holly (1963)


  • Genre: Family
  • Release Date: 1963-10-12
  • User Rating: 6/10 from 18 ratings
  • Runtime: 0h 57min
  • Language: Deutsch
  • Production Company: DEFA
  • Production Country: East Germany
  • Director: Gottfried Kolditz
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Summary

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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  • Mathilde Danegger

    as Frau Holle
  • Karin Ugowski

    as Goldmarie
  • Katharina Lind

    as Pechmarie
  • Elfriede Florin

    as Witwe
  • Herbert Graedtke

    as Mathias
  • Rudi Pfaff

    as Hannes
  • Jürgen Pörschemann

    as Klaus
  • Rolf Dietrich Zienau

    as 1. Kind
  • Wolfgang Vermeiren

    as 2. Kind
  • Gudrun Lüth

    as 3. Kind
Writing Günter Kaltofen Screenplay
Directing Gottfried Kolditz Director
Writing Gottfried Kolditz Screenplay
Sound Joachim-Dietrich Link Music
Crew Erich Gusko Cinematography
Editing Hildegard Tegener Editor
Crew Margot Beichler Dramaturgy
Art Erich Krüllke Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Gerhard Kaddatz Costume Design
Crew Gudrun Deubener Dramaturgy
Production Erich Kühne Production Manager
Art Werner Pieske Production Design
Writing Jacob Grimm Story
Writing Wilhelm Grimm Story

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