The Dwarf Magician

Now she is supposed to fill the king's empty coffers. Suddenly, a dwarf appears to the desperate Marie, offering to spin all the straw into gold if she promised him her first-born child. In her hour of need, the miller's daughter consents. A year later; Marie has meanwhile married the king, the child is born. All of a sudden, the dwarf reappears, demanding his reward... The film, made in the DEFA studios of the GDR, is an adaptation of the Grimm fairy tale Rumpelstiltskin.

Keywords

  • DEFA
  • DEFA Märchenfilme
  • Märchenfilme
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  • fairytale

Actors

  • Siegfried Seibt
  • Karin Lesch
  • Karl-Heinz Rothin
  • Reinhard Michalke
  • Nikolaus Paryla

Director

  • Christoph Engel
  • Erwin Anders

Kids & Family


1h 12min


0 FSK

DE

GDR
1960
Because of miller Kunz's boastfulness, his daughter Marie is imprisoned in the castle, Kunz claimed that she could spin straw into gold...

Because of miller Kunz's boastfulness, his daughter Marie is imprisoned in the castle, Kunz claimed that she could spin straw into gold...


Now she is supposed to fill the king's empty coffers. Suddenly, a dwarf appears to the desperate Marie, offering to spin all the straw into gold if she promised him her first-born child. In her hour of need, the miller's daughter consents. A year later; Marie has meanwhile married the king, the child is born. All of a sudden, the dwarf reappears, demanding his reward...


The film, made in the DEFA studios of the GDR, is an adaptation of the Grimm fairy tale Rumpelstiltskin.

Cast & Crew