The Valiant Tailor
(Das tapfere Schneiderlein)
GDR, 1956, 80 min, color
In German; no subtitles
Das tapfere Schneiderlein © DEFA-Stiftung, Waltraut Pathenheimer
Credits:
Spieß, Helmut |
Bortfeldt, Kurt |
Brückner, Willi |
Conrad-Nöller, Hildegard |
Baberske, Robert |
Schneider, Karl |
Schulze-Mittendorf, Walter |
Werzlau, Joachim |
Bodenstein, Christel |
Drinda, Horst |
Frei, Gerhard |
Henneberg, Gerd Michael |
Kaiser, Wolf |
Kretzschmar, Gisela |
Kronström, Fred |
Mahr, Fred |
Schmidtchen, Kurt |
Wolf, Friedrich |
DEFA Studio for Feature Films |
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Synopsis
"Seven with one blow" is the inscription on the cheerful little man's sash - referring to a heroic feat in which he swatted seven flies at once. Emboldened by this success, the journeyman tailor wanders through valleys and over mountains testing his courage.
King Grumpy asks the little knight to rid the land of dangerous giants, angry unicorns and malicious wild boars, a mission he willingly takes on. The king's untrustworthy advisers hope these challenges will result in the tailor’s death, but they have not reckoned with the his resourcefulness. Based on a fairytale from the Brothers Grimm.