Underplayed Gems

Sleeping Beauty (1989)

Sleeping Beauty poster
Original title
Dornröschen
Directed by
Stanislav Párnický
Genre
fantasy, cinematic fairy tale
Country
Czechoslovakia, Germany
Runtime
1h 34m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A faithful retelling of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale where a princess falls into a long sleep after pricking her finger. The story explores the dreamlike and psychological layers of the classic tale.

dreamlikevisually lushslow-burnmelancholicatmosphericpsychologically deep

What happens

Dornröschen ist ein Märchenfilm, der sich im Verlauf der Handlung akribisch an das Dornröschenmärchen Aarne-Thompson-Index 410 der Brüder Grimm hält, und überdies filmisch das Grimmsche Märchen psychologisch vertieft. Der Film entstand in Kooperation von Tschechoslowakei, Frankreich und Deutschland und ist eine Produktion von Omnia Film in München, Slovenská filmová tvorbá in Bratislava in Zusammenarbeit mit RAIUNO/SACIS/TVE – Films du Sabre. Auffallend ist in dieser Verfilmung von Dornröschen die bildliche Verbindung von Traum und Märchen. Premiere hatte der Film 1990. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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