Rumplestiltskin
by Brothers Grimm, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimmliterary work· published 1812
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"Rumpelstiltskin" ( RUMP-əl-STILT-skin; German: Rumpelstilzchen [ˈʁʊmpl̩ˌʃtiːltsçn̩] ) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in the 1812 edition of Children's and Household Tales. The story is about an imp who spins straw into gold in exchange for a woman's firstborn child. A miller, in audience with his king, boasts that his daughter can spin straw into gold. The king calls for the girl, locks her up in a tower room filled with straw and a spinning wheel, and demands she spin the straw into gold by morning or he will have her killed. When she has given up all hope, a little imp-like man appears in the room and spins the straw into gold in return for her necklace of glass beads.
Adaptations (1)
Rumplestiltskin was adapted into a 1987 film.
Rumpelstiltskin1987 · film · 84 min · dir. David Irving · IMDb ↗IMDb5.4A musical version of the classic story about a miller's daughter who recieves help from a mischievous dwarf, then ends up over her head. Now, she and a mute servant girl may be the only hope for her baby son, John.
