Cottage of the Seven Dwarfs

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Cottage of the Seven Dwarfs Background Information Feature Films Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) Television Programmes Disneyland Attractions Snow White's Scary Adventures Designer Albert Hurter Ken Anderson Inspiration Dr. Rotwang's house in Fritz Lang's Metropolis Other Information Other Names Location Over the seven jewelled hills, beyond the seventh fall Inhabitants Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Bashful, Sleepy, Sneezy, Dopey, Fly Visitors Snow White, Forest Animals, The Witch Final State

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The Cottage of the Seven Dwarfs is a location featured in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It is the home of the Seven Dwarfs, who leave every morning to work in the Dwarfs' Mine. Snow White comes upon the cottage during the day and, finding it deserted, cleans it (with the help of the Forest Animals) in the hope of being allowed to stay.

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It is likely that the general appearance and shape of the Dwarfs' cottage was inspired by the ancient home of Dr. Rotwang in Fritz Lang's Metropolis, a film studied by the Disney artists at the time^[1]. The cottage was designed primarily by inspirational sketch artist Albert Hurter. Hurter is also responsible for the carved decorations and instruments inside the cottage; designs of a similar nature are also present in Gepetto's Workshop in Pinocchio^[2]. Ken Anderson constructed a detailled miniature of the cottage and its interior, to which layout artists could refer^[3].

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1. ↑ Robin Allan, "Walt Disney and Europe" (Indiana University Press, Indiana, 1999) ISBN 0-253-21353-3
2. ↑ John Canemaker, "Before the Animation Begins: The Life and Times of Disney inspirational Sketch Artists" (Hyperion, New York, 1999) ISBN 0-7868-6152-5
3. ↑ Visual Development gallery, on the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs DVD