The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962 film by George Pal, Henry Levin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm is a 1962 American 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. The cast included several prominent actors—including Laurence Harvey, Karlheinz Böhm, Jim Backus, Barbara Eden and Buddy Hackett.
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| Directed by | Henry Levin George Pal (fairy tale sequences) |
| Screenplay by | Charles Beaumont William Roberts David P. Harmon |
| Story by | David P. Harmon |
| Based on | Die Brüder Grimm 1952 book by Hermann Gerstner |
| Produced by | George Pal |
| Starring | Laurence Harvey Claire Bloom Karlheinz Böhm Barbara Eden Walter Slezak Oscar Homolka Yvette Mimieux Russ Tamblyn Jim Backus Beulah Bondi Terry-Thomas Buddy Hackett |
| Cinematography | Paul C. Vogel |
| Edited by | Walter A. Thompson |
| Music by | Leigh Harline Bob Merrill (songs) |
Production companies | George Pal Productions Avernus Productions |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cinerama Releasing Corporation |
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Running time | 135 minutes |
| Countries | United States West Germany |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $6.25 million[2][3] or $6 million[4] |
| Box office | $8.9 million[5] |
It was filmed in the Cinerama process, which was photographed in an arc with three lenses, on a camera that produced three strips of film. Three projectors, in the back and sides of the theatre, produced a panoramic image on a screen that curved 146 degrees around the front of the audience.