''Mother Holly'' or ''Mother Hulda'' (german: Frau Holle) is a 1954 West German family film directed by Fritz Genschow and starring

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and

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.Nelmes & Selbo It is based on the fairy tale '' Mother Hulda'' by the

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, part of a series of adaptations directed by Genschow. It was made using Agfacolor.

Cast

as Frau Holle *

as Goldmarie * Erika Petrick as Pechmarie *

as Schwarzer Peter * Rudi Geske *

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* Heidi Ewert * Dagmar Kuckuck * Gustav Bertram *

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* Kurt Fleck *

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* Hannes Huben * Reiner Hengst * Klaus Pfeifer

References

Bibliography

* Jill Nelmes & Jule Selbo. ''Women Screenwriters: An International Guide''. Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

External links

* 1954 films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Fritz Genschow Films based on Grimms' Fairy Tales German children's films 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub