in Cinerama. He also wanted to use lesser-known fairy tales so the audience did not know how they ended: The Dancing Princess, The Cobbler and the Elves and The Singing Bone. Shooting Pal left for Munich in April 1961, saying he will use "every trick in the books" in the film. "We hope to get some wonderful special effects especially." Filming started 1 July 1961 (How the West Was Won started in June.) It took place on location in Bavaria, at Rothenberg and Dinkelsbuel. (Kassel, where the Grimms lived, had been bombed out.) After two months filming in Germany, the unit returned to Hollywood. Henry Levin directed the Grimm brothers sequences while Pal did the fairytale ones. Reception Box office By September 1962, the film had been seen by a million people, 60% of them adults. The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm grossed $8.9 million at the box office, earning $6.5 million in US theatrical rentals. It was the 13th highest-grossing film of 1962. Critics "spectacularly beautiful scenic delights," the three stories have "enchanting, spellbinding moments . . . but also a tendency to drag," "lackluster depiction of the Grimm brothers' lives" - Ben Kubasik, Newsday "enchanting production," "the story itself will charm the hearts of the young-in-years-and-spirit," "the legends are imaginatively realized on the screen" - Kate Cameron, New York Daily News Accolades The film won an Oscar and was nominated for three more: Won Best Costume Design, Color - Mary Wills Nominated Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color - George Davis, Edward Carfagno, Henry Grace, Dick Pefferle (lost to John Box, John Stoll, and Dario Simoni for Lawrence of Arabia) Best Cinematography, Color - Paul C. Vogel (lost to Freddie Young for Lawrence of Arabia) Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment - Leigh Harline (lost to Ray Heindorf for The Music Man) Legacy Pal wanted to cast Laurence Harvey in the title role of his next film, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, but wound up using Tony Randall instead. Preservation status Original high quality elements for the film are damaged and incomplete, and scattered among various international archives. The original negatives were left neglected with water damage and various other defects. Until 2022, it had been the only film originally shot in Cinerama to remain unrestored. The cost of a full digital scan and restoration of the best surviving elements was estimated by film preservationist Robert