Hansel and Gretel: An Opera Fantasy (1954) Full Animated Film
G ‧ Animation/Family/Musical ‧ 1h 12m ‧ tt0193995
Featuring/Voices: Anna Russell, Mildred Dunnock, Frank Rogier, Constance Brigham, Helen Boatwright, Delbert Anderson
G ‧ Animation/Family/Musical ‧ 1h 12m ‧ tt0193995
* Hansel and Gretel is a classic German fairy tale written by The Brothers Grimm. It was published in 1812 and appears in their anthology of German folktales, ''Grimms' Fairy Tales.''
Siblings Hansel and Gretel are abandoned in a forest and fall into the hands of a witch who lives in a gingerbread, cake, and candy house. The evil witch plans to fatten the children before eating them, but Gretel outwits her.
With brilliant imagination and technical wizardry, this 1954 feature film used stop Action animation, and hand sculpted dolls and sets to create a fantasy land of unearthly beauty. Set to Engelbert Humperdinck’s classic 1892 opera, sung by some of the most acclaimed performers of the 1950’s, this recording was nominated for a Grammy Award
Directors: Michael Myerberg, John Paul
* Hansel and Gretel came to life in 1954 as never before, in this kinemin* animated feature set to Englebert Humperdinck's classic 1893 opera. Sung by some of the most acclaimed performers of the day, this score was nominated for a Grammy Award.
With brilliant imagination and unprecedented technical wizardry-comparable only to Walt Disney's Fantasia-this production uses 35 hand-sculpted dolls and lavish sets to create a fantasy land of unearthly beauty, inhabited by characters of unparalleled charm.
*The kinemen characters took over 15 years to develop. Compounded of intricate armatures a secret chemical mixture for "flesh," human hair, magnetized feet and truly human personalities; they are "exemplary actors," able to duplicate natural movements of the human body, and with a variety of facial expressions that surpass the range of humans.