Snow White: A Tale of Terror Movie Review 1997

This definitely puts the grim in the Grimm Brothers version of the fairy tale. In medieval Austria, beautiful Claudia (Weaver) marries widowed Frederick who, unfortunately, has an even-more beautiful daughter, Lilli (Keena), who's put out by this rival for her father's affections. The stepmom/stepdaughter battle increases when Claudia's own long-awaited baby is still-born and the wrathful and unbalanced Claudia orders Lilli's death. Only she's rescued by seven outcasts (only one of whom is a dwarf) living in the forest. The witchy Claudia does still like to talk to her mirror, however. Filmed in the Czech Republic.

Distribution

USA Home Entertainment, 1 W. Forest, Englewood, NJ 07631-4004, Phone: (201)871-1000, URL: http://www.polygram-us.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 101 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Fantasy, Adapted from a Fairy Tale, Marriage, Witchcraft, Stepparents

Screenplay

Thomas Szollosi, Deborah Serra

Cast

Sigourney Weaver, Sam Neill, Monica Keena, Gil Bellows, Taryn Davis

Cinematography

Mike Southon

Director

Michael Cohn

Music

John Ottman

Producer

Ted Field, Robert W. Cort, Scott Kroopf, Interscope Comm., Polygram Filmed Entertainment