The Fisherman and His Wife

Name: The Fisherman and His Wife
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Family
Released: 1976-07-09

AnimationFantasyFamily13m

Storyline

A fisherman once caught a talking golden fish. He gave him his freedom and was allowed to make a wish in return. He asked for a boat, but this was not enough for his wife, who demanded a house. Driven by his wife's greed, the fisherman demanded more and more until he had lost all the wealth he had gained.

Details

DirectorWerner Krauße

ReleasedJul 9, 1976

StatusReleased

Original languageGerman

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Reviews

3 reviews · 2 critics

2 fresh · 0 rotten

Eddie Cockrell

RTVarietyOct 19, 2005

An effervescent, candy-colored widescreen romp that wraps a Japanese fish story around the eponymous Brothers Grimm fairytale in the form of an eventful contempo romance.

Les Wright

RTculturevulture.netMar 12, 2007

Meanwhile, Drrie sends up, more with humor than rebuke, the present decade's global-wide obsession with its win-at-all-cost competitive spirit, the blurring of boundaries between profit-making and service providing, the West's infatuation with Japanese d

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