''Hansel and Gretel'' (german: Hänsel und Gretel) is a 1954 West German

family film A children's film, or family film, is a film genre that contains children or relates to them in the context of home and family. Children's films are made specifically for children and not necessarily for a general audience, while family films are ...

directed by

Fritz Genschow Fritz Genschow (15 May 1905 – 21 June 1977) was a German actor, film director and screenwriter. Selected filmography * '' Hands Up, Eddy Polo'' (1929) - Russenphilipp * ''Beyond the Street'' (1929) - Der Arbeitsloser / The Unemployed man * ...

.Nelmes & Selbo It is based on the fairy tale

Hansel and Gretel "Hansel and Gretel" (; german: Hänsel und Gretel ) is a German fairy tale collected by the German Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 in ''Grimm's Fairy Tales'' (KHM 15). It is also known as Little Step Brother and Little Step Sister. Hansel ...

by the

Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm ( or ), Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm (1786–1859), were a brother duo of German academics, philologists, cultural researchers, lexicographers, and authors who together collected and published folklore. They are among the ...

. It should not be confused either with another German film ''

'' or an American film ''

'', both of which were released the same year. It was shot at the

Tempelhof Studios The Tempelhof Studios are a film studio located in Tempelhof in the German capital of Berlin. They were founded in 1912, during the silent era, by German film pioneer Alfred Duskes, who built a glass-roofed studio on the site with financial back ...

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and on location in

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

Cast

Wolfgang Condrus Wolfgang Condrus (né Wolfgang Breuer; born 1941) is a German film and television actor.Figge & Ward p.65 Selected filmography * ''Turtledove General Delivery'' (1952) * ''Mailman Mueller'' (1953) * ''We'll Talk About Love Later'' (1953) * ''Hav ...

* Heidi Ewert as Gretel *

* Elisabeth Ilna as Witch * Erika Kruse as Lene *

Rita-Maria Nowotny Rita-Maria Nowotny (1 June 1925 – 9 September 2000) was a German actress.Goble p.195 She was married to Fritz Genschow and appeared in a series of films directed by him in the 1950s which were based on stories by the Brothers Grimm. Selected ...

* Erika Petrick as Mother *

Wulf Rittscher ''Wulf'' (Common Germanic "wolf") was one of the most prolific elements in early Germanic names. It could figure as the first element in dithematic names, as in '' Wulfstan'', but especially as second element, in the form ''-ulf, -olf'' as in ...

as Kaufmann Klos * August Spillner as Father *

Renée Stobrawa Renée Stobrawa (born Renate Stobrawa; 13 October 1897 in Dresden – 16 August 1971 in Tegernsee) was a German screenwriter and film actress. Partial filmography * ''The Mistress and her Servant'' (1929) - Frau Matjunke * '' Melody of the Worl ...

as Frau Köper *

Werner Stock Werner Bruno Wilhelm Hermann Stock (20 October 1903 – 30 April 1972) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 130 films and television shows between 1932 and 1971. Selected filmography * ''Spoiling the Game'' (1932) * ''Decoy'' (1934 ...

as Michael * Peter-Uwe Witt as Hänsel

References

Bibliography

* Jill Nelmes & Jule Selbo. ''Women Screenwriters: An International Guide''. Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

External links

* {{1950s-Germany-film-stub 1954 films 1950s children's fantasy films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Fritz Genschow Films based on Hansel and Gretel German children's fantasy films Films shot at Tempelhof Studios 1950s German films