The Goose Girl
(Die Gänsemagd)
GDR, 1986, 11 min, color
In German; no subtitles

Die Gänsemagd © DEFA-Stiftung
Credits:
Tappert, Horst |
Tappert, Horst |
Gehm, Hedda |
(Maucksch) Uebe, Anita |
Kleber, Lutz |
Joseck, Günther |
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Synopsis
The king sends the horse Fallada with a crone, a symbol of his marriage proposal, to his future bride. The king is very happy to meet the woman who passes herself off as his fiancée. Only with the help of a young boy who knows the real bride does the king find out that this woman is not his bride and that the horse never arrived at the bride’s home. Based on the Brothers Grim fairy tale.