Does Mother Holly end with hope?

Yes. More hopeful than 81% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Mother Holly easy watching?

Yes. More comforting than 77% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Mother Holly scary?

Barely. Less frightening than 76% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Mother Holly violent?

Barely. Less violent than 76% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Mother Holly

Name: Mother Holly
Genre: Family
Released: 1963
Duration: 79 min
Rating: 5.6
Cast: Mathilde Danegger, Karin Ugowski, Katharina Lind, Elfriede Florin, Herbert Graedtke

Directed by Gottfried Kolditz

Produced by DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

196379 min5.6 / 10

A classic Grimm fairy tale about virtue rewarded and greed punished, told with gentle magic and moral clarity in a timeless storybook world.

The widow has an ugly and lazy daughter, Pechmarie, and a beautiful and hard-working step-daughter, Goldmarie. Because Pechmarie is her real daughter, the widow clearly favors her and makes Goldmarie do all the work. Poor Goldmarie must also sit and spin all day by the well until her fingers bleed. When she tries to rinse out the spindel, it drops into the cold water. Her unsympathetic step-mother tells her to jump in after it. Goldmarie does as she is told, and then wakes up in the middle of a beautiful field of flowers. This is the land of Frau Holle, who welcomes Goldmarie and invites her to stay, as long as she will help with the housework. Marie stays and serves Frau Holle gladly, until she suffers so terribly from homesickness that she asks to go home. Before bringing her back, Frau Holle rewards Marie with a shower of gold. Upon her return, Goldmarie and her gold are welcomed by her greedy step-sister and -mother. Hoping for the same kind of reward, the step-mother sends ...

Clusters

Cozy Fantasy Stories Magical Fantasy Adventures Classic Literary Legends Myth and Storytelling

Genres

Family

Keywords

Fairy Tale Brothers Grimm Märchen

Questions people ask

Does Mother Holly end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.
Is Mother Holly easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 77% of films.
Is Mother Holly scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.
Is Mother Holly violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.
Is Mother Holly sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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