In a distant land, two siblings, Hansel and Gretel, wander through the woods in search of food and work. When a mysterious lady offers them a way out, they accept without thinking about the ... Read allIn a distant land, two siblings, Hansel and Gretel, wander through the woods in search of food and work. When a mysterious lady offers them a way out, they accept without thinking about the consequences.In a distant land, two siblings, Hansel and Gretel, wander through the woods in search of food and work. When a mysterious lady offers them a way out, they accept without thinking about the consequences.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 16 nominations
Samuel Leakey
- Hansel
- (as Samuel J. Leakey)
Abdul Alshareef
- Knight
- (uncredited)
Beatrix Perkins
- Clicky
- (uncredited)
Manuel Pombo
- Knight
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Rob Hayes
- Jacob Grimm(uncredited)
- Wilhelm Grimm(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAt one point a song floats over the soundtrack: "My mother, she killed me, my father, he ate me, and my little sister, my bones she kept, what a pretty bird am I!" This comes from another Grimm fairy tale, "The Juniper Tree,"widely considered by scholars as the darkest of all their tales. In it, a spiteful mother beheads her stepson and blames it on her daughter. She then cooks the corpse and feeds it to his husband, as the daughter picks up the bones from under the table and plants it under a juniper tree on the family's garden. A small bird appears from the grave, singing the song in question while picking a pair of new shoes, a gold chain and a mill stone, and then carries them to the house. The bird then gives the shoes to the daughter, the chain to the father and drops the stone on the stepmother, killing her. As she dies, the bird turns into a boy again and the story ends. The film borrows some thematic elements this tale.
- GoofsGretel and Hansel talk while sitting on a bed in the foreground. On the adjoining bed in the background a cat stands up and jumps to the floor. However the cat reappears on the bed and disappears several times throughout the scene.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Half in the Bag: IT Chapter Two (2019)
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I like it
...because the only important thing is the atmosphere in every adaptation of a classic fairy tale. The story is familiar and it is almost impossible for director to give to the viewer his expected story version. And the film gives a honest perspective about a world who lives, from decades in ourselves, serves, in beautiful manner, difficult themes, propose the fair supports for reflection . I do not expecting a horror, a fantasy, a moral lesson. Only a new side of a fairy tale Not original but decent. And Gretel and Hansel is a good one.Because, in simple and precise way, gives the tools for understand yours stories. Because, more than a fairy tale, it becomes, scene by scene, a parable. Because the special effects is well used , the tension is delicate buided, the end is the fair one. And the performances are real good. A film of brotherhood , life purpose and black fingers.
- Kirpianuscus
- May 4, 2020
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Gretel & Hansel: Truyện Cổ Kỳ Dị
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $5,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $15,347,654
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,154,007
- Feb 2, 2020
- Gross worldwide
- $22,304,357
- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.55 : 1
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