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Hansel and Gretel

1954 · 52 min

A simple, stagey fairy-tale telling with a cosy storybook feel that turns quietly sinister in the witch's house.

Overview
A Brothers Grimm fairy tale involving siblings finding a gingerbread house in the middle of the forest owned by an evil witch who captures them and by fattening them, intends to have them for her meal.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • survival
    • family
    • betrayal
    Places
    • wilderness
    • single country house
    Era
    timeless
    Audience
    family
    Form
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror4
    Humour2
    Realism3
    Romance0
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity2
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    family, fantasy, tv movie
    Directed by
    Walter Janssen
    Written by
    Wilhelm Grimm, Jacob Grimm, Gerhard F. Hummel
    Starring
    Jürgen Micksch, Maren Bielenberg, Jochen Diestelmann, Ellen Frank, Barbara Gallauner, Wolfgang Eichberger
    Runtime
    52 min
    Country
    Germany
    Languages
    German

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