Hansel and Gretel (1954 Janssen film)

Hänsel und Gretel
Directed by	Walter Janssen
Written by	Gerhard F. Hummel
Produced by	Hubert Schonger
Starring	Jürgen Micksch Maren-Inken Bielenberg Jochen Diestelmann Ellen Frank Barbara Gallauner Wolfgang Eichberger
Narrated by	Paul Tripp (1965-English)
Music by	Giuseppe Becce
Release date	12 September 1954 (1954-09-12) (West Germany)
Running time	54 min.
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Hansel and Gretel (German: Hänsel und Gretel) is a 1954 German film, directed by Walter Janssen, based on the story of Hansel and Gretel by the Brothers Grimm.^[1] It should not be confused with either Hansel and Gretel, another German film, or an American film Hansel and Gretel, both of which were released in the same year.

Cast

Jürgen Micksch – Hansel
Maren-Inken Bielenberg – Gretel
Jochen Diestelmann – The Father
Ellen Frank – The Mother
Barbara Gallauner – The Evil Witch

DVD release

In 2007, Hänsel und Gretel was released on DVD in Germany. The film was also part of a five DVD boxset, which contained other classic live-action German fairytale films made in the 1950s.^[2]

References

^ "Hansel and GretelSynopsis". fandango.com. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
^ Nield, Anthony. "Lotte Reiniger: The Fairy Tale Films". thedigitalfix.com. Retrieved 1 March 2014.

External links

Hänsel und Gretel at IMDb
Kinowelt Home Entertainment DVD Archived 2020-06-18 at the Wayback Machine

The Brothers Grimm
Jacob Grimm · Wilhelm Grimm
Works	Grimms' Fairy Tales Deutsche Sagen Deutsche Mythologie Deutsches Wörterbuch
Notable tales	"Allerleirauh" "The Beam" "Bearskin" "The Brave Little Tailor" "The Bright Sun Brings It to Light" "Brother and Sister" "Brother Lustig" "Cat and Mouse in Partnership" "Cinderella" "Clever Elsie" "Clever Hans" "Clever Gretel" "The Clever Little Tailor" "Death's Messengers" "The Devil's Sooty Brother" "The Devil and his Grandmother" "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs" "Doctor Know-all" "The Dog and the Sparrow" "The Donkey" "Donkey Cabbages" "The Elves and the Shoemaker" "Fair Katrinelje and Pif-Paf-Poltrie" "Ferdinand the Faithful and Ferdinand the Unfaithful" "The Fisherman and His Wife" "Fitcher's Bird" "The Flail from Heaven" "Foundling-Bird" "The Four Skillful Brothers" "The Fox and the Cat" "The Fox and the Geese" "Frederick and Catherine" "The Frog Prince" "Gambling Hansel" "The Girl Without Hands" "The Gnome" "Going a Traveling" "The Gold-Children" "The Godfather" "Godfather Death" "The Golden Bird" "The Golden Goose" "The Good Bargain" "The Goose Girl" "The Goose-Girl at the Well" "The Grave Mound" "Hans in Luck" "Hans My Hedgehog" "Hansel and Gretel" "The Hare's Bride" "Herr Korbes" "How Six Made Their Way in the World" "The Hurds "The Hut in the Forest" "Iron John" "The Iron Stove" "The Jew Among Thorns" "Jorinde and Joringel" "The Juniper Tree" "The Knapsack, the Hat, and the Horn" "The King of the Golden Mountain" "King Thrushbeard" "The Lambkin and the Little Fish" "The Lazy Spinner" "The Little Peasant" "Little Red Riding Hood" "Looking for a Bride" "The Louse and the Flea" "The Maid of Brakel" "Mary's Child" "Mother Trudy" "The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage" "Mother Holle" "Old Hildebrand" "Old Sultan" "The Old Man and his Grandson" "The Old Woman in the Wood" "One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes" "The Pack of Ragamuffins" "The Peasant's Wise Daughter "Pied Piper of Hamelin" "The Pink" "The Queen Bee" "Rapunzel" "The Raven" "The Riddle" "The Robber Bridegroom" "Rumpelstiltskin" "The Seven Ravens" "The Seven Swabians" "The Shroud" "The Singing, Springing Lark" "The Singing Bone" "The Six Servants" "The Six Swans" "Sleeping Beauty" "Snow White" "Snow-White and Rose-Red" "The Spirit in the Bottle" "The Star Money" "The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was" "The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean" "Sweet Porridge" "Sweetheart Roland" "The Tailor in Heaven" "The Thief and His Master" "The Three Apprentices" "The Three Army Surgeons" "The Three Feathers" "The Three Languages" "The Three Little Birds" "The Three Little Men in the Wood" "The Three Snake-Leaves" "The Three Spinners" "The Twelve Idle Servants" "The Two Kings' Children" "The Water Nixie" "Thumbling" "Thumbling's Travels" "Town Musicians of Bremen" "Trusty John" "The Turnip" "The Twelve Brothers" "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" "The Twelve Huntsmen" "The Two Brothers" "The Water of Life" "The Wedding of Mrs. Fox" "The White Bride and the Black One" "The White Snake" "The Willful Child" "The Wishing-Table, the Gold-Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack" "The Wolf and the Fox" "The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats" "The Wonderful Musician"
Other	Grimm's law Göttingen Seven Grim Tales The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm Once Upon a Brothers Grimm Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics Simsala Grimm The Brothers Grimm Grimm Tales The Sisters Grimm Fairy tale American McGee's Grimm German Fairy Tale Route Grimm Once Upon a Time The 10th Kingdom The Grimm Variations
Category Commons

"Hansel and Gretel" by the Brothers Grimm
Film	Hansel and Gretel (directed by Walter Janssen) (1954) Hansel and Gretel (directed by Fritz Genschow) (1954) Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1971) Hansel and Gretel (1987) Hansel and Gretel (2002) Hansel and Gretel (2007) Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) Hansel & Gretel (2013) Hansel & Gretel Get Baked (2013) Hansel vs. Gretel (2015) Gretel & Hansel (2020)
Animation	Babes in the Woods (1932) The Candy House (1934) Bewitched Bunny (1954) Hansel and Gretel: An Opera Fantasy (1954) Get Lost (1956) "Treehouse of Horror XI" (2000) Secret Magic Control Agency (2021) A Tale Dark & Grimm (2021) Secret Magic Control Agency II: Mission Sleeping Beauty (2025)
TV	Hansel and Gretel (1958) Hansel and Gretel (1983) Gingerbread (1999 episode) Once Upon a Time (2011) ("True North", "Chosen") Witchslayer Gretl (2012)
Opera	Hansel and Gretel
Other	Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby (1999) Terror Toons 2: The Sick and Silly Show (2007) Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil (2011) Gingerbread (2019 novel) Teeny-Tiny and the Witch-Woman