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That's why Germans refuse to refer to Disney movies by the names of the original Grimm stories. Disney/Hollywood version is always Cinderella, and German that
by tut-urut-utut 4y ago
That's why Germans refuse to refer to Disney movies by the names of the original Grimm stories.
Disney/Hollywood version is always Cinderella, and German that closely adheres to the original is called Aschenputtel. The same goes for Snowwhite and Schneewitchen, Sleeping Beauty and Dornröschen.
- ginko 4y agoI wouldn't say this applies as a rule. Both Snow White (Schneewittchen und die sieben Zwerge) and Sleeping Beauty (Dornröschen) kept their original titles in German. Cinderella is really the only exception which makes sense since it's more based on the Perrault version. There's even a counter example. The 2010 film Tangled is called Rapunzel like the original fairy tale in German.
- tut-urut-utut 4y ago"Snowwhite and the Huntsman" kept its original Hollywood name, it was never translated as "Schneewitchen und der Jägger". But you're right, it's “based on” a Grimm story, not a literal story adaptation.
- ginko 4y agoI had to look that film up[1]. It's not a Disney movie so I don't see how that would apply here. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White_and_the_Huntsman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White_and_the_Huntsman
- tut-urut-utut 4y agoIf we are splitting hair, note that in my comment you referred to, I wrote Disney/Hollywood, not only Disney.