Snow White (1961 film)

1961 film

Schneewittchen

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Directed by| Gottfried Kolditz
Written by| Günter Kaltofen
Based on| Snow White by the Brothers Grimm
Starring|

* Doris Weikow
* Marianne Christina Schilling
* Wolf-Dieter Panse
* Harry Hindemith
* Steffie Spira
* Arthur Reppert
* Jochen Köppel
* Georg Irmer
* Fred Delmare
* Heinz Scholz
* Willi Scholz

Cinematography| Erwin Anders
Edited by| Ursula Zweig
Music by| Siegfried Tiefensee

Production
company

DEFA

Distributed by| VEB Progress Film-Vertrieb

Release date

* October 6, 1961 (1961-10-06)

Running time

| 63 min.
Country| East Germany
Language| German

Schneewittchen  is a 1961 East German film, directed by Gottfried Kolditz and based on the fairy tale Snow White by the Brothers Grimm.

The film's plot is quite faithful to the Grimm's version, and the changes made to the film can be compared to the Walt Disney film from 1937.

## Plot

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Jealous of her beautiful stepdaughter Snow White, an evil queen asks a hunter to kill the young princess, but the man lets the girl escape into the woods, where she finds refuge with the seven dwarfs. Having learned of the hunter's deception from her magic mirror, the queen decides to kill the girl with her own hands, disguised as an old lady. After two failed attempts, the queen succeeds to kill her with a poisoned apple. But a prince's love brings the girl back to life after one of the dwarves knocked over the coffin, causing an apple slice to emerge from her throat. Invited to their wedding and humiliated, the evil stepmother flees.

## Cast

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* Doris Weikow – Snow White
* Marianne Christina Schilling – Evil Queen
* Wolf-Dieter Panse – Prince
* Harry Hindemith – Royal Huntsman
* Steffie Spira – Old Crone
* Arthur Reppert – Rumpelbold
* Jochen Köppel – Purzelbaum
* Georg Irmer – Packe
* Fred Delmare – Naseweis
* Heinz Scholz – Puck
* Willi Scholz – Huckepack
* Horst Jonischkan – Pick
* Fritz Schlegel – Cook
* Gerry Wolff – Narrator

## Production

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The film was shot in the DEFA studios in Babelsberg. Doris Weikow, the actress playing Snow White, was a presenter and announcer for Deutscher Fernsehfunk from 1965.[1]

## Reception

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The picture sold 7,597,495 tickets and it was seen by around 4.5 million spectators, making it one of the 20 most successful fairy-tale and children's films in East Germany.[2][3]

## Home media

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The film was released on DVD by Icestorm Entertainment on March 21, 2001 and on September 13, 2010 in a digitally restored version.[4] It was released for the first time on Blu-ray by Fernsehenjuwelen GmbH on November 2, 2023.

## References

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1. ^ "Die Ansagerinnen in den 50er- und 60er-Jahren | MDR.DE". 2012-11-29. Archived from the original on 2012-11-29. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
2. ^ List of the 50 highest-grossing DEFA films.
3. ^ "DEFA-Märchenverfilmung "Schneewittchen" (DDR 1961)" (PDF).
4. ^ "Schneewittchen (1961) (Digital überarbeitete Fassung) (DVD) – jpc". www.jpc.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-12-24.

## External links

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* Schneewittchen at IMDb

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"Snow White" by the Brothers Grimm

* "Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree"
* "Snow-White-Fire-Red"
* "Richilde"
* "The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights"
* "Nourie Hadig"
* "Myrsina"
* "Bella Venezia"
* Disney franchise

Characters|

* Snow White
* Snow White (Disney)
* The Queen
* Evil Queen (Disney)
* Queen of Fables
* The Seven Dwarfs
* Prince Charming

Films|

* Snow White (1902)
* Snow White (1916)
* Betty Boop in Snow-White (1933)
* Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
* Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943)
* The Seven Dwarfs to the Rescue (1951)
* Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1955)
* Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961)
* Snow White (1961)
* The New Adventures of Snow White (1969)
* A Snow White Christmas (1980)
* Neberte nám princeznú (1981)
* Snow White (1987)
* Happily Ever After (1989)
* The Magic Riddle (1991)
* Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997)
* Snow White: The Fairest of Them All (2001)
* 7 Dwarves – Men Alone in the Wood (2004)
* 7 Dwarves: The Forest Is Not Enough (2006)
* Snow White: The Sequel (2007)
* Sydney White (2007)
* Happily N'Ever After 2: Snow White—Another Bite @ the Apple (2009)
* Blanche Neige (2009)
* Grimm's Snow White (2012)
* Mirror Mirror (2012)
* Blancanieves (2012)
* Snow White: A Deadly Summer (2012)
* Snow White: The Power of Dwarfs (2014)
* The Seventh Dwarf (2014)
* Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs (2019)
* In the Mirror (2020)
* Snow White (2025)
* The Death of Snow White (2025)

| The Huntsman film series|

* Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
* soundtrack
* The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016)

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Other film references|

* Shrek (2001)
* Happily N'Ever After (2006)
* Shrek the Third (2007)
* Xuxa em O Mistério de Feiurinha (2009)
* Descendants (2015)
* Charming (2018)

Television
series|

* The 10th Kingdom (miniseries)
* The Charmings (sitcom)
* White Snow (1995)
* The Legend of Snow White (anime series)
* Prétear (anime series)
* Once Upon a Time (drama series)
* "Four Great Women and a Manicure" (The Simpsons episode)
* The 7D (TV series)

Stage|

* Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1912 play)
* Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (musical)
* A Snow White Christmas (musical)

Ballet|

* The Magic Mirror (1903)

Other media|

* Fables (comics)
* Mira, Mirror (novel)
* Mirror Mirror (novel)
* Red as Blood (short story)
* Schneewittchen (opera)
* Seven Dwarfs Mine Train (attraction)
* Snow White's Enchanted Wish (attraction)
* Snow White Grotto (attraction)
* Snow White: Happily Ever After (video game)
* "Snow, Glass, Apples" (short story)
* The Serpent's Shadow (novel)
* Fairest (novel)
* Politically Correct Bedtime Stories (short story collection)
* Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros. (OVA)
* Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep (video game)
* Fairytale Fights (video game)
* Snow White with the Red Hair (manga)
* RWBY (TV series)
* The Wolf Among Us (video game)
* Dark Parables (video game)
* Six-Gun Snow White (novel)

Non-media|

* Snow White Cafe

* Category

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany

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