The Gingerbread House

Even children in an over-technified civilization need fairy tales, and Mrs. Fairy Tale invites them into her world. The woodcutter goes to the forest with his children, Hansel and Gretel. While their father works, the children pick strawberries. However, they get lost deep into the forest and lose their way back. After a sinister night, they find themselves in front of a honey gingerbread house. While peeling gingerbread, the witch catches them: she locks the skinny Hansel in a cage to fatten him up, and makes the plump Gretel her helper. However, benevolent angels watch over both children, appearing to them in their dreams and giving them hope for salvation.

František Kotal

Jeníček

Dagmar Kmínková

Mařenka

Jan W. Speerger

tatínek

Marie Holanová

maminka

Milka Balek-Brodská

ježibaba

Růžena Píšová

královna noci

Ria Astrová

královna víl

Blanka Novotná

pohádka

Emil Fassl

vodník / smrt

Zdenka Palečková-Maschová

víla

• Oldřich KmínekDirector · Screenplay · Producer · Story
• Josef BulánekDirector of Photography
• Antonín Maria NademlejnskýOriginal Music Composer

Release date

December 22, 1933

Status

Released

Original language

Czech

Genres

Family, Fantasy

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