King Thrushbeard

Dec 1, 1965

1h 14m

★ 5.5

Overview

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 beggar. The poor life, hard work and love teach the princess a lesson and turn her into a loving and kind person.

Genres

Fantasy

Family

Production Companies

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

King Thrushbeard Trailers

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Cast

Prinzessin Roswitha

Karin Ugowski

König Drosselbart

Manfred Krug

König Löwenzahn

Martin Flörchinger

König Heinz Eduard

Helmut Schreiber

König Wenzel

Achim Schmidtchen

Herzog Adolar

Gerd E. Schäfer

Prinz Kasimir

Arno Wyzniewski

Graf Eitelfritz

Fritz Decho

Fürst Zacharias

Bruno Carstens

Junker Balduin

Horst Buder

Kutscher Sebastian

Nico Turoff

Küchenmeister

Manfred Heine

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