Mother Holly

Mother Holly

1963
1h 19m
5.5

5.5/10

25 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

The widow has an ugly and lazy daughter, Pechmarie, and a beautiful and hard-working step-daughter, Goldmarie. Because Pechmarie is her real daughter, the widow clearly favors her and makes Goldmarie do all the work. Poor Goldmarie must also sit and spin all day by the well until her fingers bleed. When she tries to rinse out the spindel, it drops into the cold water. Her unsympathetic step-mother tells her to jump in after it. Goldmarie does as she is told, and then wakes up in the middle of a beautiful field of flowers. This is the land of Frau Holle, who welcomes Goldmarie and invites her to stay, as long as she will help with the housework. Marie stays and serves Frau Holle gladly, until she suffers so terribly from homesickness that she asks to go home. Before bringing her back, Frau Holle rewards Marie with a shower of gold. Upon her return, Goldmarie and her gold are welcomed by her greedy step-sister and -mother. Hoping for the same kind of reward, the step-mother sends ...

Status: Released

Language: DE

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Production Information

Production Companies
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production Countries
East Germany
Spoken Languages
German

Quick Facts

Original Title Frau Holle
Release Date October 12, 1963
Status Released
Language DE
IMDb ID tt0172467

Cast

Mathilde Danegger
Mathilde Danegger

Frau Holle

Karin Ugowski
Karin Ugowski

Goldmarie

Katharina Lind
Katharina Lind

Pechmarie

Elfriede Florin
Elfriede Florin

Witwe

Herbert Graedtke
Herbert Graedtke

Mathias

Rudi Pfaff
Rudi Pfaff

Hannes

Jürgen Pörschemann
Jürgen Pörschemann

Klaus

Rolf Dietrich Zienau
Rolf Dietrich Zienau

1. Kind

Wolfgang Vermeiren
Wolfgang Vermeiren

2. Kind

Gudrun Lüth
Gudrun Lüth

3. Kind

Key Crew

Gottfried Kolditz
Director
Günter Kaltofen
Screenplay
Gottfried Kolditz
Screenplay