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Mother Holly (1954)

Mother Holly poster
Original title
Frau Holle
Directed by
Fritz Genschow
Genre
children's film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
6
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A daughter falls into a well and lands in a magical realm. She meets an old woman who rewards her for her hard work with a shower of gold while a lazy girl gets a different fate.

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What happens

Mother Holly or Mother Hulda (German: Frau Holle) is a 1954 West German family film directed by Fritz Genschow and starring Renée Stobrawa, Rita-Maria Nowotny and Werner Stock. It is based on the fairy tale Mother Hulda by the Brothers Grimm, part of a series of adaptations directed by Genschow. It was made using Agfacolor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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