King Thrushbeard
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A fairy-tale about a beautiful but very haughty princess Anna who cruelly mocks each of her suitors. Finally she is forced by the king to marry a beggar. The poor life, hard work and love teach the princess a lesson and turn her into a loving and kind person.
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Karin Ugowski
Prinzessin Roswitha
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Foxtrot
Manfred Krug
König Drosselbart
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Scene of the Crime
Martin Flörchinger
König Löwenzahn
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Helmut Schreiber
König Heinz Eduard
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Achim Schmidtchen
König Wenzel
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Gerd E. Schäfer
Herzog Adolar
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Maxe Baumann
Arno Wyzniewski
Prinz Kasimir
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The Adventures of Werner Holt
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Fritz Decho
Graf Eitelfritz
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The Solo Sailor
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Bruno Carstens
Fürst Zacharias
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Fridolin
Das Licht der schwarzen Kerze
Horst Buder
Junker Balduin
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Nico Turoff
Kutscher Sebastian
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Manfred Heine
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Walter Beck Director · Günter Kaltofen Screenplay Wilhelm Grimm Author
United States release December 12, 1965 · Produced in XG, Germany · Production DEFA
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
DEFA
Production
XG · Germany
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Languages
Original title
König Drosselbart
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · July 18, 1965
Premiere
United States · December 12, 1965
Theatrical
France
December 1, 1965 · Theatrical
Russia
July 4, 1966 · Theatrical
February 19, 1967 · TV
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