

Mother Holly
Genres
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 ...
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
57 min
Release Date
1963-10-12
Status
Released
Original Language
German
Vote Count
19
Vote Average
5.711
Mathilde Danegger
Frau Holle
Karin Ugowski
Goldmarie
Katharina Lind
Pechmarie
Elfriede Florin
Witwe
Herbert Graedtke
Mathias
Rudi Pfaff
Hannes
Jürgen Pörschemann
Klaus
Rolf Dietrich Zienau
1. Kind
Wolfgang Vermeiren
2. Kind
Gudrun Lüth
3. Kind
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