Rumpelstiltskin

Das Zaubermännchen

East German adaptation of Grimm‘s fairy tale "Rumpelstiltskin". A boastful miller pretends that his daughter Marie can spin straw into gold, and so she is locked into a room full of straw and ordered to spin it into gold by the next morning. A little man appears and offers his help in exchange for Marie's necklace. The greedy treasurer makes Marie spin twice more until the only thing she has left to give the little man is the promise of her first-born child…

Director

Erwin Anders

Director

Christoph Engel

Screenplay

Margot Beichler

Screenplay

Christoph Engel

Status

Released

Release date

29/07/1960

Original language

German