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Frau Holle

Director: Gottfried Kolditz, 60 Min., Color, Feature Film
Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR)
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, 1963

Film/Video Format
35 mm
Length in m
1612
English Title
Mistress Holle
Premiere Date
Release Date (for Cinema)
Literary Source
Gebrüder Grimm: "Frau Holle", Märchen
 Film poster for "Frau Holle"

(Dir.: Gottfried Kolditz, 1963) Graphic Design: Erika Klein

Short Summary (English)

A widow has two daughters, both named Marie. The biological daughter is lazy, while the stepdaughter is distinguished by her hard work. When the diligent Marie drops a spool into the well, she jumps in after it. She arrives at Mistress Holle's house, who ensures that it snows on earth by shaking her beddings. Marie helps Mistress Holle with the housework and is showered with gold as a reward. After Marie's return to her stepmother, she also sends her biological daughter to Mistress Holle. How will lazy Marie fare there?

Film still for "Frau Holle"

(Dir.: Gottfried Kolditz, 1963) Photography: Horst Blümel

Film still for "Frau Holle"

(Dir.: Gottfried Kolditz, 1963) Photography: Horst Blümel

Film Crew

Script
Camera
  • Erich Gusko
Film Editing
  • Hildegard Tegener
Cast
  • Mathilde Danegger (Frau Holle)
  • Karin Ugowski (Goldmarie)
  • Katharina Lind (Pechmarie)
  • Elfriede Florin (Witwe)
  • Herbert Graedtke (Mathias)
  • Rudi Pfaff (Hannes)
  • Jürgen Pörschmann (Klaus)
  • Rolf Dietrich Zienau (Kind)
  • Wolfgang Vermeiren (Kind)
  • Gudrun Lüth (Kind)
Assistant Camera
  • Peter Dietrich
Production Design
  • Werner Pieske
  • Erich Krüllke
Script Editing
  • Margot Beichler
  • Gudrun Deubener (geb. Rammler)
Music
  • Joachim-Dietrich Link
Sound
  • Horst Mathuschek
Musical Performance
  • Kinderchor des Deutschlandsenders
Costume Design
  • Gerhard Kaddatz
Make-Up
  • Klaus Becker
  • Waltraud Becker
Props
  • Günter Zaleike
Production Management
  • Erich Kühne
Unit Production Management
  • Christel Kruse
DEFA Photography
  • Horst Blümel

Short Summary (German)

Eine Witwe hat zwei Töchter, die beide Marie heißen. Die leibliche Tochter ist faul, während sich die Stieftochter durch Fleiß auszeichnet. Als der fleißigen Marie eine Spule in den Brunnen fällt, springt sie hinterher. Sie kommt zu Frau Holle, die durch das Schütteln ihrer Betten dafür sorgt, dass es auf Erden schneit. Marie hilft Frau Holle im Haushalt und wird zur Belohnung mit Gold überschüttet. Nach Maries Rückkehr zur Stiefmutter schickt diese auch ihre leibliche Tochter zu Frau Holle. Wie wird es der faulen Marie dort ergehen?

Short Summary (Other Languages)

Una vedova ha due figlie, una brutta e pigra, l'altra bella e laboriosa. Mentre la prima si sollazza nella pigrizia, l'altra è costretta a sgobbare. Per recuperare un fuso, sfuggitole di mano, la ragazza salta in un pozzo, atterrando su un bel prato. Incamminandosi incontra la signora Holle, che la prende con sé per aiutarla nelle faccende domestiche. Tutte le mattine la fanciulla deve rifare bene il suo letto e scuotere via tutte le piume, affinché sulla Terra possa nevicare. Per ricompensare la sua laboriosità, la signora Holle ricopre la ragazza con una pioggia d'oro. La sorella, invidiosa, salta anche lei nel pozzo. Ma la signora Holle ricompenserà la sua scortesia e pigrizia con una pioggia di pece. (Italienisch)

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