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Cottage of the Seven Dwarfs
Background Information
Feature films Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Television programs
Video games Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
Park 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
Ruler(s)
Owner(s)
Inhabitants Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Bashful, Sleepy, Sneezy, Dopey, Fly
Visitors Snow White, Forest Animals, The Witch, Ventus, Aqua
Final state

The Cottage of the Seven Dwarfs is a location featured in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It's 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.

Inside, the cottage is beautifully decorated with ornate woodcarvings of various animals and occasionally dwarf figures as well. Almost every object, from a chair to a candleholder, is detailed in some way.
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A clock in the cottage.
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Behind the Scenes

Design

It's 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 detailed miniature of the cottage and its interior, to which layout artists could refer.[3]
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Detail on the organ pipes.
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Trivia

  • Early trailers of Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep show Terra fighting an Unversed near the cottage. However in the final product, He doesn't venture beyond the area where Snow White is picking flowers and only journeys to the Queen's Castle.
  • In End of the World in Kingdom Hearts, The cottage is seen on a wall of a cave along with the trees.

References

  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


Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Snow white and the seven dwarfs poster

Media: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Musical | Video game | Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep

Characters: Snow White | The Queen/The Witch | Prince | The Huntsman | Doc | Grumpy | Happy | Bashful | Sleepy | Sneezy | Dopey | Forest Animals | Fly | Raven | Vultures

Objects: Magic Mirror | Poisoned Apple | Wishing Well

Locations: Queen's Castle | Cottage of the Seven Dwarfs | Dwarfs' Mine | Forest

Songs: I'm Wishing | One Song | With a Smile and a Song | Whistle While You Work | Heigh Ho | Bluddle-Uddle-Um-Dum (The Dwarfs' Washing Song) | The Silly Song | Some Day My Prince Will Come

Unused Songs: Music In Your Soup | You're Never Too Old

Other: Unused Dwarfs | Snow White's Scary Adventures | Seven Dwarfs Mine Train | Snow White Grotto | Merchandise | Promotional material | Parodies | Legacy


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