I remember seeing a Rumpelstiltskin movie as a kid in the 60's or 70's at the theater also and thought it was pretty good. I even went back and saw it again because it was so good. I couldn't find any info on the internet or anywhere else though about it. Then I found this one and read that it was re-released in the US in theaters in 1965 and again in 1974. I bought it on Ebay hoping it was the same one I saw as a kid but like the previous reviewers said it is not a very good movie. It seemed like the one I saw at the theater was well produced with a higher budget and better effects. Is there another Rumpelstiltskin movie or is this the one and things just seem like they're better when you're a kid.
4 Reviews
Spooky!
Musidora1 November 2000
This is not a good film, but it does have a certain ephemeral charm. I remember seeing it at a matinee in the late 60s or early 70s, and the title character really scared me! Don't knock yourself out looking for this film unless, like me, you like oddities, and not even particularly good ones at that.
Weird enough to be a classic
kirkbonnett-0662928 July 2022
ORDINARY AND LIFELESS
J. Steed22 August 1999
Very ordinary, lifeless and below-average directed adaptation of the fairy tale with Rumpelstilzchen himself as an annoying dwarf, an uncaring cast and a very poor song. Very inadequate in the execution of the simplest of special effects, as if the makers did not care (was it too low budgeted?). Judging from the result one would not expect that professionals like director Fredersdorf (specialist in children's films) were involved in making this film.
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