Rumpelstiltskin
1960, German. Directed by Erwin Anders & Christoph Engel.
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…
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Erwin AndersDirector
- Christoph EngelDirector
- Karl-Heinz RothinMüller Kunz
- Karin LeschMüllerstochter Marie
- Reinhard MichalkeMüllerbursche Hans
- Peter DommischDer einfältige Nachbar
- Nikolaus ParylaKönig
- Bodo MetteSchatzmeister
- Siegfried SeibtRumpelstilzchen
- Franz BonnetTorwächter
- Hans FeldnerZweiter Bauer
- Hans FlösselErster Bauer
- Hans-Hartmut KrügerBote des Königs
- Werner PfeiferSchreiber
Details
- Released
- 29 July 1960
- Original title
- Das Zaubermännchen
- Country
- East Germany
- Written by
- Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Margot Beichler
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Rumpelstiltskin runs 73 minutes (1h 13m).
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Rumpelstiltskin is streaming on Eternal Family in India. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like Rumpelstiltskin?
If you liked Rumpelstiltskin, try The Story of Little Mook, FairyTale: A True Story, Hansel and Gretel.
Who directed Rumpelstiltskin?
Rumpelstiltskin (1960) was directed by Erwin Anders and Christoph Engel and stars Karl-Heinz Rothin, Karin Lesch, Reinhard Michalke.