''The Wishing-Table'' (german: Tischlein, deck dich) is a 1956 West German
family film
A children's film, or family film, is a film genre that contains children or relates to them in the context of home and family. Children's films are made specifically for children and not necessarily for a general audience, while family films ar ...
directed by
Fritz Genschow
Fritz Genschow (15 May 1905 – 21 June 1977) was a German actor, film director and screenwriter.
Selected filmography
* ''Hands Up, Eddy Polo'' (1929) - Russenphilipp
* ''Beyond the Street'' (1929) - Der Arbeitsloser / The Unemployed man
* ' ...
and starring
Werner Stock
Werner Bruno Wilhelm Hermann Stock (20 October 1903 – 30 April 1972) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 130 films and television shows between 1932 and 1971.
Selected filmography
* ''Spoiling the Game'' (1932)
* ''Decoy'' (1934 ...
,
Wolfgang Draeger
Wolfgang is a German male given name traditionally popular in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The name is a combination of the Old High German words ''wolf'', meaning "wolf", and ''gang'', meaning "path", "journey", "travel". Besides the regula ...
and
Harald Dietl.
[Nelmes & Selbo] It is based on the ''
story of the same name'' by the
Brothers Grimm
The Brothers Grimm ( or ), Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm (1786–1859), were a brother duo of German academics, philologists, cultural researchers, lexicographers, and authors who together collected and published folklore. They are among the ...
.
Cast
References
Bibliography
* Jill Nelmes & Jule Selbo. ''Women Screenwriters: An International Guide''. Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
External links
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1956 films
West German films
1950s German-language films
Films directed by Fritz Genschow
Films based on Grimms' Fairy Tales
German children's films
Films based on fairy tales
1950s German films
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