Characters & Themes
Hansel and Gretel (1987) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1987 · 84 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Len Talan
- Starring
- David Warner, Cloris Leachman, Lutuf Nouasser, Nicola Stapleton, Emily Richard, Hugh Pollard
After being driven from home by their harsh mother, the siblings wander lost through a dark forest. Their desperation leads them to a secluded cottage belonging to an elderly woman who offers shelter, but her true nature proves far more sinister than her gentle façade, turning their quest for safety into a perilous, magical ordeal.
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