''Mother Holly'' or ''Mother Hulda'' () is a 1954 West German

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directed by

Fritz Genschow Fritz Genschow (15 May 1905 – 21 June 1977) was a German actor, film director and screenwriter. Selected filmography * ''Hands Up, Eddy Polo'' (1929) - Russenphilipp * ''Beyond the Street'' (1929) - Der Arbeitsloser / The Unemployed man * ' ...

and starring Renée Stobrawa, Rita-Maria Nowotny and

Werner Stock Werner Bruno Wilhelm Hermann Stock (20 October 1903 – 30 April 1972) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 130 films and television shows between 1932 and 1971. Selected filmography * ''Spoiling the Game'' (1932) * ''Decoy'' (1934 ...

.Nelmes & Selbo It is based on the fairy tale ''

Mother Hulda "Frau Holle" (; ; also known as "Mother Holle", "Mother Hulda" or "Old Mother Frost") is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in '' Children's and Household Tales'' in 1812 (KHM 24). It is of Aarne-Thompson type 480. Frau Holle ...

'' by the

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, part of a series of adaptations directed by Genschow. It was made using

Agfacolor Agfa-Farbenplatte of Bad Kreuznach, Germany, 1933. An Agfacolor slide of a café in Oslo, Norway, 1937. An Agfacolor slide of Paris, France, 1937. An Agfacolor slide of Stockholm, Sweden, 1938. An Agfacolor slide, Hungary, 1938. An Agf ...

Cast

* Renée Stobrawa as Frau Holle * Rita-Maria Nowotny as Goldmarie * Erika Petrick as Pechmarie *

as Schwarzer Peter * Rudi Geske *

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Anneliese Würtz Anneliese (, ) is a female given name of either German language, German, Dutch language, Dutch or Nordic countries, Nordic origin. It is a compound form of "Anna (given name), Anna" and "Liese", a short form of "Elizabeth (given name), Elisabeth". ...

* Heidi Ewert * Dagmar Kuckuck * Gustav Bertram * Eberhard Fechner * Kurt Fleck *

Uwe Witt Uwe Witt (born 1 October 1959 in Witten) is a German politician, serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2017. Formerly a member of Alternative for Germany (AfD), Witt resigned from the party in December 2021, citing extremist elements in the ...

* Hannes Huben * Reiner Hengst * Klaus Pfeifer

References

Bibliography

* Jill Nelmes & Jule Selbo. ''Women Screenwriters: An International Guide''. Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

External links

* 1954 films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Fritz Genschow Films based on Grimms' Fairy Tales German children's films 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub