Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1955 West German film, directed by Erich Kobler. It is based on the 1812 story of Schneewittchen by the Brothers Grimm.
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The Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors whose work in folklore, linguistics, and literary scholarship shaped the development of moder
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1955 film)
…also titled simply as Schneewittchen) is a 1955 West German film, directed by Erich Kobler. It is based on the 1812 story of Schneewittchen by the Brothers Grimm. Once upon a time, in deep winter in a kingdom, a young Queen gives birth to a girl, who because of her beauty was named Snow White. The Queen however…
Wilhelm Grimm (left) and Jacob Grimm, depicted by Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann (1855).
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm lived in this house in Steinau from 1791 to 1796.
Jacob Grimm lecturing (illustration by Ludwig Emil Grimm, c. 1830)
Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, c. 1837