Mistress Holle

A widow has two daughters, both called Mary - one is ugly and idle and the other; a stepdaughter; is pretty and hard-working. The stepdaughter has to do all the work... One day, the kindhearted young woman drops her spindle into the well. Fear-stricken, she sees no other way out but to throw herself into the well after the spindle, sinking to the bottom. Instead of drowning in the cold water; she finds herself - safe and sound - in a beautiful meadow, Mother Holle's realm...

Keywords

  • DEFA
  • Contes de fées d'Allemagne de l'Est
  • Märchenfilme
  • fairytale

Actors

  • Mathilde Danegger
  • Karin Ugowski
  • Katharina Lind
  • Elfriede Florin
  • Herbert Graedtke

Director

  • Gottfried Kolditz

Jeunesse


1h


0 FSK

DE

GDR
1963
A widow has two daughters, both called Mary - one is ugly and idle and the other; a stepdaughter; is pretty and hard-working. The stepdaughter has to do all the work...

A widow has two daughters, both called Mary - one is ugly and idle and the other; a stepdaughter; is pretty and hard-working. The stepdaughter has to do all the work...


One day, the kindhearted young woman drops her spindle into the well. Fear-stricken, she sees no other way out but to throw herself into the well after the spindle, sinking to the bottom. Instead of drowning in the cold water; she finds herself - safe and sound - in a beautiful meadow, Mother Holle's realm...

Cast & Crew