The Wishing-Table (1956)

Original title

Tischlein deck dich

Directed by

Fritz Genschow

Genre

children's film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 19m

Rated

6

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three brothers go out into the world to learn a trade and each receives a magical object. When they bring these objects home, a jealous innkeeper tries to steal them.

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What happens

The Wishing-Table (German: Tischlein, deck dich) is a 1956 West German family film directed by Fritz Genschow and starring Werner Stock, Wolfgang Draeger and Harald Dietl. It is based on the story of the same name by the Brothers Grimm. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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