Somersaulter-Moats and Somersaulter Collection

Rumpelstilskin

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You Once long ago there was a miller who had a beautiful daughter Together they worked each day grinding wheat into flour for making bread One day the miller was summoned to present a sack of flour to the king Now The miller was a man who would do anything to make himself seem important On his journey, he became filled with foolish ideas about how to impress the king When it was his turn to speak the miller remembered that the king loved gold more than anything in the world And so he told an outrageous lie Your majesty.

I have a daughter who can with a simple spinning wheel Turn ordinary straw into strands of gold a Girl who can spin straw into gold said the greedy king Miller are you speaking falsely? No, sir It is true Is she not my daughter Of course, you can do it Messenger bring this girl at once and we will put her to the test Test Immediately the girl was brought to the castle and locked in a strange room, which was quite full of straw When the king arrived he gave her a spinning wheel and a reel and said no set to work by morning this straw must be spun into gold or If your father has lied to me you must die So the poor Miller's daughter sat all alone growing more and more frightened until at last she began to weep Oh ever can I save myself Opened and even crept a strange little man Why are you crying so Alas, I have to spin straw into gold, but that is quite impossible Impossible Well, what if I do it for you? What will you give me? My necklace instantly the little man snatched the necklace and Who went the wheel filling the wheel with pure gold strands? And so it went all night long until the straw was spun and all the wheels were full of gold In the morning the king returned When he saw the gold he was astonished and delighted but his heart became only more greedy That evening the Miller's daughter was taken to another room which was far larger than the first It too was full of straw once again the king said This straw must be spun into gold if you value your life Oh The girl was weeping when the little man appeared for the second time Good evening mistress.

What will you give me this time if I spin the straw into gold for you? Hey The ring on my finger instantly the little man grabbed the ring and Many times more and by sunrise all the straw had been spun into glittering gold Shortly after the greedy king returned and rejoiced beyond measure at the sight But still he had not gold enough For One more night.

You must spin straw into gold But if you succeed I will have all the gold I could ever want and you shall never be asked to spin again But I will make you the queen of my kingdom and So the Miller's daughter was put into another room full of straw But this one was by far larger than any room she had ever seen And when she found herself quite alone again, she began to weep Good evening mistress and what will you give me if I spin the straw for you this time? Hey, I Have nothing left that I could give Then promise if you should become the Queen you will give me your first child Who knows if I will even have a child? What the Miller's daughter and not knowing how else to save herself she agreed then? Went the wheel and Many times more and by sunrise every piece of straw had been spun into gold Shortly after the King returned and Finding everything as he wished he kept his promise and took the girl in marriage and the Miller's daughter became a queen When a year had passed she bought a beautiful child into the world and she never gave a thought to the strange little man But one day Now give me what you promised The Queen was horror struck and offered the little man all the riches of the kingdom If only he would allow her to keep the child of the little man said Something alive is dearer to me than all the riches in the world Then the Queen began to lament and cry so bitterly that the little man took pity on her Very well mistress Queen you may keep your child, but only on one condition Within three days time you must find out my name so the Queen thought the whole night long of all the names that she had ever heard and She sent a messenger into the countryside to learn of other names that there might be The first day when the little man appeared the Queen named all the names she knew Caspar Melchior Baltazar Icabod and many many more but to each one the little man laughed and said No, no, no, no, no that is not my name On the second day the Queen sent forth the messenger to learn the names of all the people of all the villages in the kingdom And he told them to the Queen Later that day the little man appeared again The Queen named hundreds of names even the strangest and most curious is your name short ribs Is it sheep shanks Bones Is your name On The third day the messenger again traveled far and wide but was unable to find even one new name At last he journeyed to a high mountain at the edge of the forest where the Fox and the hare say good night to one another There he saw a little house and before the little house a fire was burning and Round about the fire quite a ridiculous little man was jumping He hopped upon one leg and then upon the other and shouted tonight I babe tonight I boo tonight to me the child is do oh glad am I that no one knew my name is Rumpelstiltskin With great haste then the messenger returned And you may imagine how the Queen rejoiced when she heard that name Soon afterwards the little man came in and asked What is my name Is it Thomas Perhaps your name is Rumpelstiltskin the devil told you that the devil told you that cry the little man and in his anger The window Then in a rage he plunged his white foot deep into the earth and pulled at his left leg so hard that he tore himself And that was the end of Rumpelstiltskin I'm saying the Queen kept her dear child and lived happily thereafter You

Identifier
F.2016-01-0031
Date Of Production
1981
Abstract
Rumpelstiltskin is Somersaulter-Moats and Somersaulter's take on the classic tale of a miller who boasts to the King that his daughter can turn straw into gold. After the King sends for the girl and demands that she spin a roomful of straw into gold, Rumpelstiltskin — an imp-like creature with a penchant for dealmaking — appears, and offers to help her in exchange for various goods. Years later, in order to get out of one of the bargains she made, the girl — now the Queen — must learn Rumpelstiltskin's name. Featuring hand-drawn watercolor animations and a zany title character, Rumpelstiltskin is one of several of Somersaulter-Moats and Somersaulter's interpretations of fairytales collected by the Brothers Grimm. 
Run Time
0:11:57
Format
16mm
Extent
400 feet
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Element
Print
Genre
Children's
Form
Animations
Subject
Fairy tales
Related Collections
Somersaulter-Moats and Somersaulter Collection

Distributor
Coronet Instructional Films

Sponsor/client
Coronet Instructional Films

Main Credits
Somersaulter, JP (is director)
Somersaulter Moats, Lillian (is director)

 
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