Directed by:
Bodo FürneisenScreenplay:
Marlies EwaldCinematography:
Sebastian RichterComposer:
Rainer OleakCast:
Marianne Sägebrecht, Lea Eisleb, Camille Dombrowsky, Herbert Feuerstein, Johanna Gastdorf, Franziska Troegner, Peter Prager, Yoshij Grimm (more)Plots(1)
Once there was a mother who had two daughters. Marie dutifully and eagerly helps her mother around the house, while Luise prefers to put her feet up.
One day Marie is by the well, spinning wool all by herself until her fingers are raw and bleeding. While washing the spool, Marie falls into the well, deeper and deeper – until she wakes up on a flowery meadow in a land of dreams, where even bread can talk: "Pull us out of the oven, before we burn up!" Marie helps the bread out of the oven. An apple tree calls for help: "Bend me and shake me, my apples are ripe!" Again, Marie is glad to help. Then, Gustav the raven points the way to Mother Hulda. Marie takes care of Mother Hulda's house for her, and shakes the featherbeds in winter to make it snow. To show her gratitude, Mother Hulda sends Marie home in a shower of gold. All the villagers stare at her, but no one believes her story. Except for Luise, who is jealous of her golden dress. So she jumps into the well herself, waking up in Mother Hulda's world. But she ignores the calls of the bread and the cries of the apple tree. Shaking out featherbeds makes Luise go to sleep. Soon Mother Hulda sends the lazy maid home as well – with her just desserts.
(official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Marianne Sägebrecht](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/993/158993211_b635fd.jpg)
Marianne Sägebrecht
Best movies:
The War of the Roses (1989)
Left Luggage (1998)
A Whole Life (2023)
![Lea Eisleb](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/283/159283457_92326a.jpg)
Lea Eisleb
Germany
![Camille Dombrowsky](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/283/159283456_86be4f.jpg)
Camille Dombrowsky
Best movies:
Glückstreffer - Anne und der Boxer (2010) (TV movie)
![Herbert Feuerstein](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/156/158156362_012848.jpg)
Herbert Feuerstein
Austria
Best movies:
Vicky the Viking (2009)
Manitou's Shoe (2001)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
![Johanna Gastdorf](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/731/168731569_chowwt.jpg)
Johanna Gastdorf
West Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
The Wave (2008)
Never Look Away (2018)
![Franziska Troegner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/325/159325066_9a56dc.jpg)
Franziska Troegner
East Germany
Best movies:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Moritz in the Advertising Column (1983)
Praxis mit Meerblick (2017) (series)
![Peter Prager](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/787/168787181_r2t277.jpg)
Peter Prager
East Germany
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
Frozen Sky (2011) (series)
The Collini Case (2019)
![Yoshij Grimm](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/938/160938574_d7ce92.jpg)
Yoshij Grimm
Best movies:
Patrick Dreikauss
Best movies:
Tatort (1970) (series)
The Hamburg Cell (2004) (TV movie)
Mein Herz in Afrika (2007) (TV movie)