Production information
Title: Schneewittchen und die sieben Zwerge
General supervisor: Stuart Buchanan
Director: Kurt Gerrson
Technical manager: Oscar van Leer
Production manager: Max Tak
Recording dates: May-July, 1938
Studio: CineTone, Amsterdam
Cast
Snow White (Schneewittchen): Hortense Raky
The Queen: Herta von Walther
The Hag: Dora Gerson
The Prince: Willy Stettner
The Slave in the Magic Mirror: Kurt Gerrson
The Huntsman: ?
Doc (Chef): Otto Wallburg
Grumpy (Brummbär): Kurt Lilien
Happy (Happy): Siegfried Arno
Sleepy (Schlafmütz): Kurt Gerrson
Bashful (Pimpel): Kurt Gerrson
Sneezy (Hatschi): Siegfried Arno
First shown in:
1938 in Switzerland
October 27, 1938 in Prague, Czechoslovakia (Alfa Theater)
June 25, 1948 in Vienna, Austria
March 2, 1950 in Berlin, West Germany (Astor Theater)
Back to Foreign adaptations
Karslruhe’s Kinemathek organized a showing of this version in 2023, with an introduction by Marc Teuscher.
Conference
Below is a recording of a lecture given by Dr. Joseph Garncarz on August 13, 2020 about the three German versions of Snow White. Automaticly translated subtitles are available.
Specific features of this version
- Hortense Raky sings several of the arias herself, for which Adriana Caselotti’s voice is often left in other versions, such as in the song “Whistle While You Work”.
- Due to the geopolitical situation of the time, and for economical reasons, this version was recorded in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands.
- Several cast and crew members who worked on this version died in nazi concentration camps.
- This version was first shown in German speaking Switzerland, but the Austrian audience had to wait until 1948, and the German audience until 1950.
