19th-century "folklore collectors" Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm are con artists. They perform exorcisms of "evil enchantments" (for a healthy fee) while wandering about in French-occupied Germany during the Napoleonic wars. Wilhelm is a swashbuckling cad with an answer for everything, while Jacob is a dreamer who looks at life through fairytale-tinted spectacles. When French Gen. Delatombe gets wise to the schemes of Team Grimm, he presents them with a real-life mystery to solve or face the executioner's ax: children in a village have been disappearing--now the brothers' lives depend on finding out why. The charlatans must accept the burden of vanquishing what they claim as real, and find themselves ensnared in a genuinely supernatural crisis in a dark forest, amid fantastical marvels and truly enchanted flora and fauna.

Special features: Feature commentary by director Terry Gilliam [optional audio feature]; Deleted scenes [with optional commentary by director Terry Gilliam] (15 min.); Bringing the fairy tale to life [featurette] (17 min.); The visual magic of "The Brothers Grimm" [featurette] (9 min.).

Mill witch -- Little red -- He can't hold his liquor! -- General's amnesty -- Hans and Greta -- Welcome to Marbaden -- Trapper -- Tower in the forest -- Grandmother toad -- Demon horse -- Forest attacks -- Torture chamber -- Real live story -- Gingerbread man -- 12 crypts, 11 girls -- She's still there -- Burn the forest -- Angelika is the twelfth -- Finish the story -- Kiss of true love -- Happily ever after -- End credits.