Yes. Quite. Now then, what is that phrase you use? Oh, yes. Once upon a time, there lived...
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Grand Dame:
I find your collection of folk tales quite brilliant, actually. Jacob Grimm:
Thank you. Grand Dame:
But I must say, I was terribly disturbed when I read your version of the little cinder girl. Jacob Grimm:
Well, there are those who swear that Perrault's telling with its Fairy Godmother and um... [laughs] Jacob Grimm:
Magic pumpkins would be closer to the truth. Wilhelm Grimm:
Some claim the shoe was made of fur. Others insist it was glass. Well, I guess we'll never know. Jacob Grimm:
Forgive me, Your Majesty, might I inquire about the painting? She's really quite, um... extraordinary. Grand Dame:
Her name was Danielle de Barbarac. [Reaches inside the box the footman has brought to her] Grand Dame:
And this... was her "glass" slipper. [the Grimm Brothers look at each other in shock] Grand Dame:
Perhaps you will allow me to set the record straight? Wilhelm Grimm:
Then it's true, the story? Grand Dame:
Yes. Quite. Now then, what is that phrase you use? Oh, yes. Once upon a time, there lived a young girl who loved her father very much
I find your collection of folk tales quite brilliant, actually. Jacob Grimm:
Thank you. Grand Dame:
But I must say, I was terribly disturbed when I read your version of the little cinder girl. Jacob Grimm:
Well, there are those who swear that Perrault's telling with its Fairy Godmother and um... [laughs] Jacob Grimm:
Magic pumpkins would be closer to the truth. Wilhelm Grimm:
Some claim the shoe was made of fur. Others insist it was glass. Well, I guess we'll never know. Jacob Grimm:
Forgive me, Your Majesty, might I inquire about the painting? She's really quite, um... extraordinary. Grand Dame:
Her name was Danielle de Barbarac. [Reaches inside the box the footman has brought to her] Grand Dame:
And this... was her "glass" slipper. [the Grimm Brothers look at each other in shock] Grand Dame:
Perhaps you will allow me to set the record straight? Wilhelm Grimm:
Then it's true, the story? Grand Dame:
Yes. Quite. Now then, what is that phrase you use? Oh, yes. Once upon a time, there lived a young girl who loved her father very much
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I find your collection of folk tales quite brilliant actually
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Thank you
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But I must say I was terribly disturbed
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when I read your version of The Little Cinder Girl
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There are those who swear Perrault's telling
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with its fairy godmother and magic pumpkins
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would be closer to the truth
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Movie Summary
The Brothers Grimm arrive at the home of a wealthy Grande Dame who speaks of the many legends surrounding the fable of the cinder girl before telling the "true" story of her ancestor.
