Hansel and Gretel (1954)
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.
Top billed cast
- Jürgen MickschHänsel
- Maren BielenbergGretel
Jochen DiestelmannVater
Ellen FrankMutter- Barbara GallaunerHexe
- Wolfgang EichbergerDer Dicke
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