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