Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1955 film)

Schneewittchen
Schneewittchen
	Title card
Directed by	Erich Kobler
Written by	Konrad Lustig; Walter Oehmichen;
Based on	Snow White as collected; by The Brothers Grimm
Produced by	Hubert Schonger
Starring	Elke Arendt; Adele "Addi" Adametz; Niels Clausnitzer; Dietrich Thoms; Renate Eichholz; Zita Hitz; Erwin Platzer;
Narrated by	Paul Tripp (1965-English)
Cinematography	Wolf Swan
Edited by	Horst Rossberger (as Horst Roßberger)
Music by	Franz Miller; Carl Stueber; Anne Delugg (US version); Milton Delugg (US version);
Distributed by	Jugendfilm-Verleih (1955) (West Germany) (theatrical); Childhood Productions (USA, English-dubbed) (theatrical);
Release dates	November 27, 1955 (West Germany); October 15, 1962 (Denmark); November 1965 (USA, English-dubbed);
Running time	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 1812 story of Schneewittchen by the Brothers Grimm.

Cast

Elke Arendt – Snow White
Adele "Addi" Adametz – The Evil Queen, Snow White's evil stepmother
Niels Clausnitzer – Prince Edelmunt
Dietrich Thoms – The Huntsman
Renate Eichholz – The Good Queen, Snow White's mother
Zita Hitz – Francisca, the Chambermaid
Erwin Platzer – The Little Moor

Production

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.

DVD release

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.

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