Biography
German philologist, jurist, and mythologist. He is known as the discoverer of Grimm's law (linguistics), the co-author with his brother Wilhelm of the monumental Deutsches Wörterbuch, the author of Deutsche Mythologie and, more popularly, as one of the Brothers Grimm and the editor of Grimm's Fairy Tales.
Complete Filmography

Snow White
2025
Original Story
Following the benevolent King's disappearance, the Evil Queen dominated the once fair land with a cruel streak. Princess Snow White flees the castle w...

Rapunzel and the Return of the Falcons
2024
Original Story
Orphaned crown prince Sigismund, controlled by regent Queen Freya, climbs the Falcon dynasty's sacred tower with help from sorceress Eleonor, reawaken...

Fiego and the Magic Fish
2024
Original Story
The happily married fisherman Fiego, strives to make his wife ‘s life even better when he is granted wishes by a magic fish.

Red Wolf
2024
Original Story
In a utopian world based on artificial intelligence, a young woman who dislikes the reality in which she lives and dreams of life as a theater star, l...

There Was Once...
2022
Book
There was once a donkey that no one needed anymore, a dog that was the disgrace of his master, a cat who had no hope for the future and a rooster that...

L'Amour vainqueur
2020
Original Story
A staging of Olivier Py's play "L'Amour vainqueur" by himself. It is based on the tale "Maid Maleen" by brothers Grimm.

Gretel & Hansel
2020
Original Story
A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only...

White as Snow
2019
Original Story
Claire is a beautiful young woman who works at her late father’s hotel, that is now managed by her evil stepmother Maud. Claire unwittingly sparks unc...

Der süße Brei
2018
Novel
A great famine threatens the country. Before people die of hunger, they turn into birds - as does little Ida. Therefore, her big sister Jola runs desp...

The Girl Without Hands
2016
Story
A poor miller gets tricked by the Devil and accidentally sells his daughter for a bit of gold. But Satan can't take her because she's too pure and has...

The Curse of Sleeping Beauty
2016
Story
Thomas Kaiser inherits an ancestral mansion that has been in his family for generations — only to learn that he has also inherited an ancient curse st...

Engelbert Humperdinck - Hänsel & Gretel
2015
Original Story
Since its premiere in 1893, Engelbert Humperdinck's fairytale opera »Hansel and Gretel« has awakened a passion for music theatre in generations of chi...

Sleeping Beauty
2014
Original Story
When a young Prince and his trusted aid learn of a beautiful Princess's cursed eternal slumber, they embark on a journey to rescue her. They must batt...

Die sechs Schwäne
2012
Story
On her 18th birthday, Constanze encounters a highly guarded secret. She discovers in amazement that she has six brothers, who have been transformed in...

Mirror Mirror
2012
Original Story
After she spends all her money, an evil enchantress queen schemes to marry a handsome, wealthy prince. There's just one problem - he's in love with a ...

Scarlet
2011
Original Story
A modern retelling of the classic fairy tale. Scarlet is on her way to her grandmother's house and crosses path with evil.

The Seven Ravens
2011
Story
Based on the Grimm Brothers tale, about a young girl's quest to save his seven brothers that have been turned into ravens.

Aschenputtel
2010
Author
Little Marie is turned into a maid, a Cinderella, by her stepmother, while her stepsister Clothilde is pampered. One day, Prince Leonhard and his frie...

Tangled
2010
Original Story
Feisty teenager Rapunzel, who has long and magical hair, wants to go and see sky lanterns on her eighteenth birthday, but she's bound to a tower by he...

Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten
2010
Novel
A man had a donkey that had carried the sacks to the mill for many years, but whose strength was now coming to an end, so that he became increasingly ...

Der Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren
2009
Original Story
In order to be able to marry the princess, the miller boy Hans has to find his way to hell. If he fails to steal three golden hairs from the devil, al...

Dornröschen
2009
Novel
German TV adaptation of Grimm‘s fairy tale “Sleeping Beauty“.

La Vraie Fiancée
2009
Original Story
A staging of Olivier Py's play "Les Enfants de Saturne" by himself. It is based on the tale "Die wahre Braut" by brothers Grimm.

The Muscular Princesses
2009
Original Film Writer
Every night, all twelve daughters of the old king disappear. Nobody knows where they are. The king decides to find out what is going on.

Who's Hungry?
2009
Novel
Two children accept free ice cream from an ice cream vendor and end up being captured. With that, they try to find a way to escape so as not to become...

Frau Holle
2008
Novel
A widow has two daughters. Louise, lazy she spoils and Marie who dutifully and eagerly helps her mother around the house. One day Marie falls into th...

The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel
2008
Original Story
This deliciously dark take on the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tale, appealing to audiences of all ages, was part of the Met’s popular English-languag...

Rumpelstilzchen
2007
Novel
German TV adaptation of Grimm‘s fairy tale “Rumpelstiltskin“.

Hansel and Gretel
2007
Book
Based on the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale, Hansel and Gretel is a dark and stylized, black and white, German Expressionistic silent picture featu...

Red Riding Hood
2006
Story
Teenage Claire would rather hang out with her friends at the mall than to stay home with her brother Matt while Grandma babysits. Who wouldn't? Unfort...

Hänsel und Gretel
2006
Original Story
Brothers Grimms' fairy tale about Hansel and Gretel, brother and sister, who struggle against the witches.

Baba Yaga
2006
Original Concept
Lost in the forest, two orphans find refuge in the abandoned cottage of the ogress Baba Yaga, who is on her way back home. Adapted from the tale of Ha...

Snow White
2001
Original Story
Snow White's mother dies during childbirth, leaving baby Snow and father John for dead on an icy field, who then receives a visit from one of Satan's ...

The Fearless Four
1997
Story
Four aging animals, a dog, a cat, a donkey and a rooster escape from their former homes because they weren't as productive and useful for their owners...

The Firebird
1997
Book
The sick King Jorgen worries about the marriage of his daughter Elena. The fairytale-like, dramatic confusion triggers a shimmering golden fire bird w...

Hansel & Gretel
1997
Writer
Hansel and Gretel is the tale of a brother and sister who are abandoned in a forest and are capture by a wicked witch.

Snow White
1995
Story
A young princess named Snow White is sent away from her palace to live in the woods due to the jealousy of her stepmother.

Snow White
1992
Story
A queen is so vain she needs the magical mirror the Black Knight forged to tell her daily she's the belle of the realm. When it adds Snowwhite, the ki...

The Frog Prince
1991
Original Story
When a young princess, instead of being fully dedicated to her love, persists in running around like a tomboy and roaming the forests with her gang, a...

Der Wolf und die sieben Geißlein
1991
Story
Despite the mother goat's warning, the little goats fall for the wolf's tricks, open the door and all but one are eaten. The mother finds her last chi...

Timeless Tales: Rapunzel
1990
Original Story
The Timeless Tales version of Rapunzel

Timeless Tales: Rumpelstiltzkin
1990
Original Story
When a boastful miller claims his daughter Gisela can spin straw into gold, the greedy king demands proof. With the help of a strange little man, the ...

Timeless Tales: The Elves and the Shoemaker
1990
Original Story
With fewer and fewer customers needing shoes, village shoemakers Bertram and Bettina and their faithful dog Woof are in quite a fix. Then, a trio of t...

Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty
1990
Original Story
On her fifteenth birthday the princess finds a diary written by her mother when she was young. The diary tells of the Queen's secret, early love. The ...

Sleeping Beauty
1990
Original Story
A beautiful princess born in a faraway kingdom is destined by a terrible curse to prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into a ...

Extraterrestrial Cat in Boots
1990
Writer
A Cat from outer-space comes to earth and befriends a Miller's Son and together they set out to defeat an evil wizard.

The Goose Princess
1989
Story
The story of the goose princess and her faithful horse Falada.

Rapunzel, or The Magic of Tears
1988
Story
Adaptation of the classic fairytale. Rapunzel lives alone in the woods, in a tower with no doors. Then, one day, a mysterious stranger comes for a vis...

Hansel and Gretel
1988
Original Story
Hansel and Gretel tells the tale of two young children driven from home by their scolding mother. Losing their way in the dark forest they stumble upo...

Iron Hans
1988
Story
In a king's kingdom there is a forest so dangerous that every man who goes into it is never heard from again. Iron Hans, who is responsible for the de...

Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten
1988
Story
Rooster, cat, dog and donkey become homeless in old age for various reasons, wander and sing together. This gruesomely funny singing may not be enough...

The Frog Prince
1988
Story
Henriette is a princess; she is playing with her ball, but drops it into a well. A talking frog replaces it with a golden ball, on condition that he c...

Snow White
1987
Story
A prince, seeking the greatest treasure, stumbles upon seven little men guarding a coffin. They tell him the story of Snow White, a beautiful princess...

The Golden Bird
1987
Author
"Kin no Tori" is an adaptation of the homonymous fairy tale "The Golden Bird" by Brothers Grimm. A golden apple is stolen from the King's garden. The...

Jorinde und Joringel
1986
Story
The girl Jorinde and the foundling Joringel grow up sheltered in a farmer's cottage behind the moor, but the dense forest around them harbors deep sec...

Bearskin
1986
Story
The war is over and soldier Christoffel has no prospects for the future and no money. He doesn't know what to do, so he meets the devil. He offers him...

The Feather Fairy
1985
Book
A fairy-tale about an old lady who takes care of snow and Jakub who does not fear death. It reflects the idea of people's longing for happiness, love ...

Berg Simeli
1984
Story
Kunz, the poor day laborer who is richly blessed with children, discovers the secret of the cave in the Simeliberg while collecting wood. Robbers keep...

King Thrushbeard
1984
Short Story
When a selfless king learns of a beautiful princess in a neighboring kingdom who callously turns down every suitor with an insult, he tries his luck t...

Snow-White and Rose-Red
1984
Story
Snow-White and Rose-Red, two very sweet girls give shelter to a bear in distress one night. In the spring the bear wanders off again, but rips his fu...

The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
1984
Short Story
An intelligent, fearless boy living in a superstitious Transylvanian village goes out into the world to figure out what everyone else is afraid of, "t...

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1984
Story
Snow White must flee from her evil stepmother. She's taken in by the lovable seven dwarves. Will the wicked queen be able to get rid of her rival?
The Farmer's Clever Daughter
1984
Story
Puppet animated film based on a fairytale by the Brothers Grimm.

Pot of Porridge
1984
Original Story
Automated porridge production system provides the city with food for 3 years.

Hansel and Gretel
1983
Story
Abandoned by their parents, a young brother and sister try to find their way home. On the way, they find themselves trapped in the plot of a nasty wit...

Hansel & Gretel - The Met
1982
Original Story
The Metropolitan Opera's performance of "Hansel and Gretel" features music by Engelbert Humperdinck and is conducted by Thomas Fulton. The Met's story...

The Prince Beyond the Seven Seas
1982
Original Story
The merchant's daughter Constanze, begs her father to ask a lion for a favor. Her father approaches the lion who agrees to his request with one condit...

Rumpelstiltskin
1982
Story
Desperate to save her own life, a miller's daughter makes a bargain with a strange elf-like character. When she cannot cover her debt she is faced wit...
O smelom krajčírikovi
1982
Book

Godfather Death
1980
Story
Once upon a time, there was a poor farmer who had thirteen children. Since the farmer was so poor, there was never anything left for the youngest of t...
Sestřičky růží
1980
Book

The Sorcerer's Apprentice
1980
Story
Based on a story by The Brothers Grimm,

The Goose-Girl at the Fountain
1979
Story
A young blacksmith, searching for happiness in a series of dreams, realizes that he must find a rejected princess and hold her hand. A fairytale after...

Snow-White and Rose-Red
1979
Original Story
In an enchanted forest, the princely brothers Michael and Andreas get lost and are transformed, by a mountain spirit who jealously guards his undergro...

The Master Thief
1979
Story
A master thief returns home. There he is threatened with the gallows if he fails to solve the tasks set by the count. So he has to steal the count's p...

The Dancing Princesses
1978
Short Story
A made-for-TV retelling of the story "The Twelve Dancing Princesses," directed by Ben Rea, featuring Jim Dale as the Soldier, Freddie Jones as the des...

The Youth Who Wanted to Shiver
1978
Writer
a young boy named Jack fears nothing. So, he sets out to learn how to shiver.

The Worn-Out Dancing Shoes
1977
Writer
Television adaptation of the Brothers Grimm fairytale.

Who's Afraid of the Devil
1977
Story
Based on a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm: Jakob is a poor farmer′s boy. Because of his timidity that even makes him run away from mice, he is often...

Rotkäppchen
1977
Story
The film tells the well-known fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, in which the little girl Little Red Riding Hood is led astray by the wolf, devoured al...

Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
1977
Characters
While traveling to meet with the Hessian King, the famed Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, travel through an enchanted forest where they find themsel...

The Wild Swans
1977
Original Story
A young girl must spend six years making sweatshirts out of poison ivy in order to save her six brothers which have been turned into swans by an evil ...
Hans in Luck
1976
Story
When Hans wakes up one morning, he realizes that he is longer than his bed, his feet sticking out over the edge of the bed. The young man remembers hi...

Die Geschichte vom Fischer und seiner Frau
1976
Story
A fisherman once caught a talking golden fish. He gave him his freedom and was allowed to make a wish in return. He asked for a boat, but this was not...

The Blue Light
1976
Story
Hans the farmer is drawn into war as a soldier. Returning from the front, having been defrauded of his pay by his own king, he makes his way home. On ...

The Mysterious Well
1973
Writer
A stop-motion animation about sisters doing chores. One of them falls into a well and gets transported to a wonderland trying to retrieve a pail. Ther...

Sechse kommen durch die Welt
1972
Story
The King of Malabunt has won another war, after decorating himself and his three wooden marshals, he dismisses his army with a low wages. One of his s...

Der arme Müllerbursch und das Kätzchen
1971
Story
There once was a poor miller who had no children but only three apprentices to work for him. The two older boys were lazy, mean and stupid, but younge...

Sleeping Beauty
1971
Story
On the occasion of their daughter's birth, the king and queen give a lavish feast. Among the guests are twelve fairies who endow the infant in the cra...

Clever
1971
Author
The king married an intelligent and beautiful peasant girl, but he was not very smart himself, and his wife's superiority offended him. He sent his wi...

Tischlein deck dich
1970
Story
A tailor drives his three sons out of the house because he believes they have maliciously starved his beloved goat. The sons prove themselves abroad a...

Die sieben Raben
1970
Story
A farmer and his wife had a girl in addition to their seven sons. An evil old woman turned the boys into ravens because she had not been invited to th...

Story Theatre
1969
Writer
Brothers Grimm tales like "The Golden Goose," "The Bremen Town Musicians" and "The Blue Light" come to life in this stripped-down stage production, wh...

The Bremen Town Musicians
1969
Story
The adventures of the wandering musicians from Bremen such as Troubadour, Donkey, Dog, Cat and Rooster. In one of the towns Troubadour falls in love w...

The Farmer's Clever Daughter
1969
Story
A farmer receives land from the king and discovers a buried golden mortar. He decides to give it to the king out of gratitude, but his clever daughter...

Das Waldhaus
1968
Story
A poor woodcutter lived in the forest with his daughters Katrin and Else. Else was quarrelsome and lazy, Katrin was hard-working and good to people an...

Der gestiefelte Kater
1968
Story
When the old miller dies, he leaves the mill to the eldest son, the donkey to the second eldest and a tomcat to the youngest. The tomcat wants to repa...

Dornröschen
1968
Story
After a long wait, a king and queen have a daughter. As there are not enough golden plates, only twelve wise women can be invited to the christening. ...

King Thrushbeard
1965
Novel
A fairy-tale about a beautiful but very haughty princess Anna who cruelly mocks each of her suitors. Finally she is forced by the king to marry a begg...

The Golden Goose
1964
Novel
Klaus lives with his two brothers Kunz and Franz in a little village. Together, they ply their trade as cobblers in a small workshop. But the workload...

The Brave Tailor
1964
Story
The story of how the young worker was bored with life.

Das tapfere Schneiderlein
1964
Story
One morning, a tailor was sitting at the window sewing. A shopkeeper came by and loudly offered plum jam for sale. The little tailor spent his last pe...

Mother Holly
1963
Story
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 Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962
Story
The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized. Wilhelm fights to write s...

Rotkäppchen
1962
Story
Little Red Riding-Hood lives together with her parents in a house on the edge of the forest. Her friends are a bunny, a squirrel and a bear. The littl...

Snow White
1961
Story
Hated by her jealous and bloodthirsty stepmother, Snow White flees a murder attempt and seeks shelter in the woods with seven kindly dwarfs. Feeling s...

Das hölzerne Kälbchen
1961
Story
On a pasture in a small village stand the cows and calves of the herder Bürle. Since many years, there is also a wooden calve standing among them. One...

Rumpelstiltskin and the Golden Secret
1960
Story
East German adaptation of Grimm‘s fairy tale "Rumpelstiltskin".

Mori no Ongakutai
1960
Writer
An old donkey, who had been working hard for a farmer, quits his job and heads for the town, where he meets a dog, a cat, and a cat. The four animals ...

The Town Musicians of Bremen
1959
Story
An old donkey resolves to break away from the unbearable hardships of working for a fat miller. By and by, he recruits three more unsatisfied animals ...

Vom mutigen Hans
1959
Story
A cowardly king becomes dependent on an evil prince who desires the king's daughter as his wife. As the princess does not want to marry, she is banish...

Tom Thumb
1958
Story
A boy, no bigger than a thumb, manages to outwit two thieves determined to make a fortune from him.

Jorinde und Joringel
1958
Story
In ancient times, an old sorceress lived in a mysterious castle who turned any girl who approached a man into a bird. One day, Jorine falls under the ...

The Singing Ringing Tree
1957
Novel
A brave prince must seek the fabled singing, ringing tree in order to win the heart of a beautiful princess.

The Goose Girl
1957
Story
A beautiful princess is betrothed to the prince of a neighboring kingdom, and when the time comes, she sets out with a small entourage to wed him. She...

The Brave Little Tailor
1956
Story
When Prince Vain got his shirt fixed, he proclaims that he had slain two lizards in front of the tailor's house - "two in one strike". When the tailor...

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1955
Story
Snow White's mother, the Queen dies when she is born. Her father, the King, remarries a beautiful but vain lady. The new Queen has a magic mirror that...

Der Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren
1955
Story

Snow White and Rose Red
1955
Original Story
Snow White and her sister Rose Red try to help two princes stop an evil dwarf from robbing the royalty of their wealth.

Der Froschkönig
1954
Novel

Little Red Riding Hood
1954
Writer

Hansel and Gretel
1954
Writer
A Brothers Grimm fairy tale involving siblings finding a gingerbread house in the middle of the forest owned by an evil witch who captures them and by...

Brüderchen und Schwesterchen
1953
Story
Hans im Glück
1949
Story

Prinsessa Ruusunen
1949
Story
Princess Sleeping Beauty is cursed by Tuonettare and falls into a hundred-year sleep, from which she can only be awakened by a kiss from the prince.

The Merry Musicians
1938
Novel
A stop-motion film based on the Grimm Brothers' folktale, "Town Musicians of Bremen".

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1938
Original Story
A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jeal...

The Seven Ravens
1937
Story
When a young girl finds out that, due to her existence, her seven brothers are struck by a curse and have to live their lives as ravens, she goes out ...

Von einem, der auszog, das Gruseln zu lernen
1935
Story

Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten
1935
Story

Puss in Boots
1935
Story
Silhouette film based on the fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm.

Hansel and Gretel
1923
Original Story
This is the story of the heartless mother whose burdens are such that she would be rid of her two children. The henpecked father is compelled to take ...

Cinderella
1922
Story
Lotte Reiniger's interpretation of Grimm's recorded version of Aschenputtel (Cinderella) from 1922.
Jorinde and Joringel
1922
Original Story
“This film, based on the Grimm fairy tale, is a trifle later than Munchausen and The Flying Coffer but more elementary than Cinderella. It completes t...

Snow White
1916
Story
Snow White, a beautiful girl, is despised by a wicked queen who tries to destroy her. With the aid of dwarfs in the woods, Snow White overcomes the qu...

Snow White in the Dark Woods
1916
Story
A young woman goes on a search for her kidnapped sister. She soon falls victim to a jealous queen who can't stand anyone who is considered more beauti...

Cinderella
1912
Story
According to Vachel Lindsay, "the best film fairy-tale the present writer remembers".

Hansel and Gretel
1909
Original Story
One of the first, of not the first, film adaptation of Grimm's fairytale.

Flower of the Dawn
N/A
Story
An animated musical inspired by the classic Brothers Grimm tale, 'Jorinde and Joringel'.

Snow White Returns
N/A
Characters
next TCU movie that is part of Phase 2 which was confirmed at the Cannes festival and on Scott Chambers' Instagram plot TBA

Rose Red
N/A
Characters
The film places Rose Red into the original Snow White and the Seven Dwarves story, adding her into the third act of the tale, after Snow White takes t...

Uncanny Stories
N/A
Author
“Uncanny Stories” is a horror anthology of short stories from famous writers adapted in animation by directors who are mad about genre films. The work...
Snow White and the Evil Queen
N/A
Writer
A story about beauty and vanity, a princess and a prince, and about love and its power to raise life from death.