Mother Holly

Synopsis

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 ...

Main Cast

Mathilde Danegger

Frau Holle

Age : N/A | Popularity : 17%

Karin Ugowski

Goldmarie

Age : N/A | Popularity : 17%

Katharina Lind

Pechmarie

Age : N/A | Popularity : 10%

Elfriede Florin

Witwe

Age : N/A | Popularity : 1%

Herbert Graedtke

Mathias

Age : 84 | Popularity : 4%

Rudi Pfaff

Hannes

Age : N/A | Popularity : 8%

Jürgen Pörschemann

Klaus

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Rolf Dietrich Zienau

1. Kind

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Crew

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

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