| Schneewittchen | |
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Title card
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| Directed by | Erich Kobler |
| Produced by | Hubert Schonger |
| Written by |
Konrad Lustig Walter Oehmichen |
| Based on |
Snow White as collected by The Brothers Grimm |
| Starring |
Elke Arendt Adele "Addi" Adametz Niels Clausnitzer Dietrich Thoms Renate Eichholz Zita Hitz Erwin Platzer |
| Narrated by | Paul Tripp (1965-English) |
| Music by | Franz Miller Carl Stueber Anne Delugg (US version) Milton Delugg (US version) |
| Cinematography | Wolf Swan |
| Edited by | Horst Rossberger (as Horst Roßberger) |
| Distributed by | Jugendfilm-Verleih (1955) (West Germany) (theatrical) Childhood Productions (USA, English-dubbed) (theatrical) |
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Release date
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November 27, 1955 (West Germany) October 15, 1962 (Denmark) November 1965 (USA, English-dubbed) |
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Running time
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76 min. |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (USA: Snow White, German: Schneewittchen und die 7 Zwerge) is a 1955 German film, directed by Erich Kobler, based on the story of Schneewittchen by the Brothers Grimm.
Neuschwanstein Castle, in Bavaria, Germany was used as a film set.
The Seven Dwarfs were all played by children from children's dance group led by Suse Böhm.
In 2007, Schneewittchen was released on DVD in Germany. The film was also part of five DVD boxset, which contained other classic live-action German fairytale films made in the 1950s.
In 2003, the American English-dubbed DVD version was released officially in the United States by Catcom Home Video/Krb Music and then re-issued in 2007. PR Studios then re-issued the DVD in 2008.