The Gingerbread House
22/12/1933
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.
Movie Information
František Kotal
as Jeníček
Dagmar Kmínková
as Mařenka
Jan W. Speerger
as tatínek
Marie Holanová
as maminka
Milka Balek-Brodská
as ježibaba
Růžena Píšová
as královna noci
Ria Astrová
as královna víl
Blanka Novotná
as pohádka
Emil Fassl
as vodník / smrt
Zdenka Palečková-Maschová
as víla
