Product Details

• Actors: Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, Karlheinz Böhm, Walter Slezak, Barbara Eden
• Directors: George Pal, Henry Levin
• Writers: Charles Beaumont, David P. Harmon, Hermann Gerstner, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
• Format: NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MGM (Warner)
• VHS Release Date: December 21, 1994
• Run Time: 128 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 630197865X
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,948 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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27 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Odd, Pleasant Little Film, June 14, 2002

By	CodeMaster Talon (Orlando, FL United States) - See all my reviews

I have no idea where my Mom got a copy of "The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm", but my family has been watching this movie since I was a young girl. A fictionalized account of the adult life of the Grimm Brothers, the story revolves around their transformation as writers of dull, patron-sponsered biographies to chroniclers of the world's great fairy tales. In between the telling of their story, 3 fairy tales are spliced into the narrative.

The Grimm Brothers segments were directed by Henry Levin in a semi-dull but ultimately servicable manner. The fairy tales, however, were directed by the imaginative George Pal , who also directed "The Time Machine" and "Tom Thumb" in the sixties.

"The Cobbler and the Elves" comes first, and is the weakest of the three, although it does have some good claymation. Next comes "The Dancing Princess", and as a ballet dancer, I can tell you the choreography in this segment is absolutely first-rate. The Gyspy dance performed by the wonderful Russ Tamblyn (West Side Story) is among the best onscreen pieces of its kind.

Finally, there is the eerie "Singing Bone" which features Buddy Hackett and the English comedian Terry-Thomas together with a stunning jewel-encrusted Claymation dragon. These three segments are well worth the price of the video and very entertaining for childen. You may also enjoy this movie if you are a dancer or a animation fan.

All in all, "The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm" is a slightly odd curio, but suitable entertainment for the whole family.

27 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cinerama vs. Imax vs. video, February 19, 2002

By	Rick D. Barszcz (bristol, ct United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

IMAX can not hold a candle with sound and picture that the old Cinerama and multi magnetic sound had... Unfortunately the transfer version to VHS is terrible. What were those Hollywood people thinking when they transferred 3-projector Cinerama and crushed it to full screen video...

As far as story, music, costumes, acting, special effects it is still worth viewing especially when the likes of this type of film will never come back to the screen. The overture and intermission has also been cut from this video version and we can only hope that someone will have enough sense someday to transfer this to DVD and 5 channel stereo for both young and old kids alike to enjoy. The Brothers Grimm truly is a treasure of movie history.

Now if we can only get Hollywood to transer "This is Cinerama" and the other 3-projector process movies to DVD...with proper sound...

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT ,MOVIE SHOWING GENIUS OF GEORGE PAL & HENRY LEVIN, June 13, 1999

By A Customer

This is a great movie directed by Genius George Pal and Henry Levin. The original wide screen movie was poorly adapted to tv.This video does an excellent job of cropping the scenes so we can see the characters, The dragons, giants and tiny people and there stories are great for all ages. The are touching scenes with Jacob Grimm and and Greta Heinrich played by Karlheinz Bohn and Barbara Eden. Barbara Eden is early in her career and does an excellent acting job. A great story which merges the lives of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm with the fairly tale works of Wilhelm. Very enjoyable.