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The 10th Kingdom won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Design in 2000. [5] It was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Sky One. [6] Variety's Laura Fries (Feb. 21, 2000) asserted that "Kimberly Williams is doe-eyed and pretty and is heavily featured throughout, but 10 hours is a lot for this star to carry on her shoulders."
The 10th Kingdom, 2000 American television miniseries; The Brothers Grimm, 2005 film starring Matt Damon and Heath Ledger; Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics, 1989 Japanese anime anthology series by Nippon Animation; The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm, 1962 film starring Lawrence Harvey and Karlheinz Böhm as the Brothers Grimm
The Brothers Grimm had the tale from Georg Passy, who heard it from an old woman in Vienna. From a version from Hessen the Brothers took the section concerning Brother Lustig arguing that a lamb has no heart. A poem from Achim von Arnim's Master Songs (No. 232) of 1550 has a soldier begging for food while his companion St Peter wants to preach. St.
The Brothers Grimm was released to mixed reviews from critics. [30] On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 38% based on reviews from 182 critics, with an average score of 5.18/10. The site's consensus states: "The Brothers Grimm is full of beautiful imagery, but the story is labored and less than enchanting."
Based upon the traditional Snow White folktale first recorded in 1812 by German folklorists the Brothers Grimm, the film deviates from earlier interpretations of the story in several respects. Set in a fantasy kingdom, it tells the story of Snow White ( Kristin Kreuk ), and the attempts of her malevolent stepmother, Queen Elspeth ( Miranda ...
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm is a 1962 American biographical fantasy film directed by Henry Levin and George Pal. The latter was the producer and also in charge of the stop motion animation. The film was one of the highest-grossing films of 1962. It won one Oscar and was nominated for three additional Academy Awards.
"Iron John" (also "Iron Hans"; German: Der Eisenhans) [1] is a German fairy tale found in the collections of the Brothers Grimm, tale number 136, about an iron-skinned wild man and a prince. The original German title is Eisenhans, a compound of Eisen "iron" and Hans (like English John, a common short form of the personal name Johannes).
It seems that the Brothers Grimm, who wrote their book as an "educational manual" (Erziehungsbuch), felt that a brutal punishment for a villain was a necessary element augmenting the happy endings of their tales, as in Snow White's ascent as new queen and triumph over her evil enemy. [42]