Rumpelstiltskin (1985 film)

Rumpelstiltskin
Written by	Alan Templeton (screenplay) and Mary Crawford (screenplay) The Brothers Grimm (original story)
Directed by	Pino van Lamsweerde (director) Sebastian Grunstra (animation director)
Starring	Charity Brown (as Miller's Daughter) Les Lye (as Miller) Robert Bockstael (as Rumpelstiltskin) Al Baldwin (as the King)
Narrated by	Christopher Plummer
Theme music composer	Alan Templeton (songs) John Harris (score) and Peter Chapin (score)
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
Production
Producers	W.H. Stevens Jr. (executive producer) Hugh Campbell Alison Clayton (associate producer)
Editors	David Vainola Sue Robertson
Running time	25 min.
Production companies	Atkinson Film-Arts Animated Investments, Inc. Telefilm Canada CTV Television Network, Ltd.
Original release
Network	Syndication
Release	December 14, 1985 (1985-12-14)
Related
The Velveteen Rabbit (1985) The Tin Soldier (1986)

Rumpelstiltskin is a 1985 Canadian animated television special depicting the famous Brothers Grimm story of a miller's daughter and a little man who can spin straw into gold. Premiering on CTV in Canada and in the United States in syndication on December 14, 1985, Rumpelstiltskin was released onto home video in 1986, on VHS. Family Home Entertainment was the distributor, in association with several Canadian animation firms.

The film was first released onto DVD on October 30, 2007 coupled with "The Tin Soldier", released in 1986, in a Holiday two-pack. Nelvana obtains the rights to this special as of 2007, although they weren't originally part of the special's production.

Cast

• Christopher Plummer as The narrator
• Robert Bockstael as Rumpelstiltskin
• Charity Brown as Miller's Daughter
• Les Lye as Miller
• Al Baldwin as the King

References

Rumpelstiltskin at IMDb