The Brothers Grimm

A film by Gabriele Rose

In 1837, they raised their voices against the King of Hanover who abolished the constitution – and they also collected their fairy tales for political reasons. Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm wanted to preserve the past in order to change their present. They saw the German language and its traditions as the basis for a united fatherland. This film tells the unknown side of the famous fairy tale collectors through scenes and interviews with the two brothers based on original texts. The docudrama provides an intensive insight into the lives of the two great writers and shows how close their relationship was.

BROADCASTERS
NDR/ARTE, HRT Croatia
SUPPORTED BY
Nordmedia
DIRECTOR
Gabriele Rose
ACTORS
Jörg Pintsch (Jakob Grimm)
Steven Merting (Wilhelm Grimm)
Olaf Burmeister (Friedrich Dahlmann)
Silvia Ferstl (Dorothea Grimm)
CAMERA
Patrick Popow
EDITOR
Tim Sprado
ANIMATIONS
Ceylan Beyogulu
ORIGINAL MUSIC
Nils Kacirek
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Philipp Straetker
CAMERA ASSISTANT
Alexander Mitzler
SOUND
Dominik Weiß
SOUND MIX
Roman Vehlken
SET DESIGN
Ulrike Schwarzburger
WARDROBE
Stefanie Jauß, Katrin Behrens
MAKE-UP
Andrea Fricke
LIGHTING
Silvio Kröger, Vitali Kirsch
COLOUR GRADING
Andreas Piecha
ARCHIVE RESEARCH
Najima El Moussaoui
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Alexandra Obradovic
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
Melanie Clausen (NDR)
COMMISSIONING EDITOR
Claudia Cellarius (NDR)
DURATION
52 mins
YEAR
2022