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Mother Hulda (1915)

Mother Hulda poster
Directed by
Raymond B. West
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A short silent film adaptation of a Brothers Grimm fairy tale about a woman who rewards a hardworking girl and punishes a lazy one. The story follows two sisters who encounter the magical Mother Hulda.

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What happens

Mother Hulda è un cortometraggio muto del 1915 diretto da Raymond B. West. La sceneggiatura si ispira a Frau Holle, fiaba dei fratelli Grimm pubblicata in Germania nel 1812. Prodotto da Thomas H. Ince per la Broncho Film Company, il film aveva come interpreti Webster Campbell, Elizabeth Burbridge, Gertrude Claire, Aggie Herring, Virginia Philley Withey, Margaret Thompson, George Fisher. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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