70
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A made-for-TV retelling of the story "The Twelve Dancing Princesses," directed by Ben Rea, featuring Jim Dale as the Soldier, Freddie Jones as the destitute King, and Gloria Grahame as the Witch.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 71GoodWatch 71
IMDb7.1
Running time
52 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 fantasy movies, −48 min on the typical 100
typical 10052Half of all fantasy movies run 91–114 min.
Released
1978
January 1, 1978
48 years ago
Genres
FantasyMusicFamilyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United Kingdom
and 5 more20 people
- Jim DaleThe Soldier
- Gloria GrahameThe Witch
- Freddie JonesThe King
- Peter ButterworthThe Chamberlain
- LCLesley CollierDancing Princess
- JDJane DarlingDancing Princess
- LLLavinia LangDancing Princess
- LNLorna NathanDancing Princess
- MWMaureen WillsherDancing Princess
- JWJane WinchesterDancing Princess
- Lance AstonA Prince
- Nicolas ChagrinA Prince
- WEWayne EaglingA Prince
- VLVince LoganA Prince
- LRLudovico RomanoA Prince
- BYBarrie YoungA Prince
- Peter BensonA Shoemaker
- John VineA Soldier
- RMReuben MartinAn Executioner
- FEFred EvansA Distraught Prince
Directing · 2
- Jon Scoffield Director, Producer
- Ben Rea Director
Writing · 3
- Jacob Grimm Short Story
- Wilhelm Grimm Short Story
- Derek Marlowe Teleplay
Production · 1
- Terence Baker Executive Producer
Editing · 1
- John Hawkins Editor
Sound · 2
- Laurie Holloway Music
- Ted Scott Sound
Art · 1
- David Chandler Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Sheila Mann Makeup Supervisor
- Stuart Currell Wardrobe Supervisor
Lighting · 1
- John Rook Lighting Design
Other crew · 1
- Norman Maen Choreographer
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