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Hansel and Gretel
Directed by Fritz Genschow
Produced by F.J. Gottleib
Written by
Music by Richard Stauch
Cinematography Gerhard Huttula
Editing by Annemarie Rokoss
Studio Fritz Genschow Films
Release date(s) 27 August 1954
Running time 87 minutes
Country West Germany
Language German

Hansel and Gretel (German: Hänsel und Gretel) is a 1954 West German family film directed by Fritz Genschow. It is based on the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel by the Brothers Grimm. It should not be confused either with another German film Hansel and Gretel or an American film Hansel and Gretel, both of which were released the same year.

It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location in Lower Saxony.

Cast

  • Wolfgang Condrus
  • Heidi Ewert as Gretel
  • Fritz Genschow
  • Elisabeth Ilna as Witch
  • Erika Kruse as Lene
  • Rita-Maria Nowotny
  • Erika Petrick as Mother
  • Wulf Rittscher as Kaufmann Klos
  • August Spillner as Father
  • Renée Stobrawa as Frau Köper
  • Werner Stock as Michael
  • Peter-Uwe Witt as Hänsel
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