Rumpelstiltskin

Rumpelstiltskin is a fairy tale that originated in Germany (where he is known as Rumpelstilzchen). The tale was one collected by the Brothers Grimm in the 1812 edition of Children's and Household Tales. According to researchers at Durham University and the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, the story originated around 4,000 years ago.

Plot

In order to make himself appear superior, a miller lies to the king, telling him that his daughter can spin straw into gold. (Some versions make the miller's daughter blonde and describe the "straw-into-gold" claim as a careless boast the miller makes about the way his daughter's straw-like blonde hair takes on a gold-like lustre when sunshine strikes it.) The king calls for the girl, shuts her in a tower room filled with straw and a spinning wheel, and demands she spin the straw into gold by morning or he will cut off her head (other versions have the king threatening to lock her up in a dungeon forever). When she has given up all hope, an imp-like creature appears in the room and spins the straw into gold in return for her necklace (since he only comes to people seeking a deal/trade). When next morning the king takes the girl to a larger room filled with straw to repeat the feat, the imp spins in return for the girl's ring. On the third day, when the girl has been taken to an even larger room filled with straw and told by the king that he will marry her if she can fill this room with gold or execute her if she cannot, the girl has nothing left with which to pay the strange creature. He extracts from her a promise that she will give him her firstborn child and so he spins the straw into gold a final time.

List of Faerie Tale Theatre episodes

The following is the list episodes of the family television anthology Faerie Tale Theatre which ran from 1982 to 1987. Please note that the links go to the articles for the Faerie tales and not to any info about the productions themselves.

Series overview

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

External links

Rumpelstiltskin (1995 film)

Rumpelstiltskin is a 1995 horror film directed by Mark Jones. It stars Max Grodénchik as the title character.

Plot

In the 15th century, Rumpelstiltskin is imprisoned inside a small jade figurine. In modern-day Los Angeles, the recently widowed wife of a police officer, with baby in tow, finds her way into a witch's shop and purchases a certain figurine, resulting in the cackling beast being freed and demanding possession of the baby.

Cast

Release

Box office

Rumpelstiltskin was not a success at the box office, it made only $306,494 dollars, with its widest release being 54 theaters.

Critical reception

AllMovie wrote, "this groan-inducing would-be camp [..] boasts some good makeup by Kevin Yagher but is still easily the worst of the '90s crop of fairy-tale horrors. "