THE GINGERBREAD HOUSE (1933)

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The Gingerbread House
Family, Fantasy
December 22, 1933
Czech
Unknown
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.
Cast & Characters
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
Crew
Oldřich Kmínek
Director
Oldřich Kmínek
Screenplay
Antonín Maria Nademlejnský
Original Music Composer
Josef Bulánek
Director of Photography
Oldřich Kmínek
Producer