Hansel and Gretel () is a 1954 West German family film directed by Fritz Genschow.Nelmes & Selbo It is based on the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel by the Brothers Grimm. It should not be confused with the German film Hansel and Gretel, nor the 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
References
Bibliography Jill Nelmes & Jule Selbo. Women Screenwriters: An International Guide. Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
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