The read
It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
12-year-old Jakob helps out at his mother's vegetable stand and also carries customers' purchased goods home. One day, an old woman with a long nose comes to the stand and claims that the herbs are bad and were better 50 years ago. Jakob is upset that she holds all the herbs to her nose and crushes them: "Take it away from your long nose!" he shouts and hits her hand. "Don't you like it, my beautiful long nose?" the woman scoffs, "You should have one too, even longer than mine." Finally, she buys some cabbages, which she wants Jakob to carry home for her. Jakob resists but is persuaded by his mother. Other market women whisper whether the old woman is not the evil fairy Kräuterweis.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Francesco StefaniDirector
Cast
- Hans ClarinFürst
- Hans ElwenspoekOberküchenmeister
- Diemut GerstorferMimi
- Hans Dieter GötzKleiner Jakob
- Wolfgang EichbergerFürst
- Heini GöbelCast
- Richard KrügerCast
- Alfred PongratzHauptmann
- Edith Schultze-WestrumJakobs Mutter
- Elinor von WallersteinCast
- Ernst RotmundHerzog
Themes
fairy tale