Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Tommy Wirkola, 2013
Hansel and Gretel
Jacob Grimm, Wilhem Grimm, 1812
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters is a movie directed by Tommy Wirkola in 2013 and based on the characters from the book Hansel and Gretel by Jacob Grimm and Wilhem Grimm, first published in 1812. The movie features Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Peter Stormare, Famke Janssen, Pihla Viitala, Zoe Bell, and others.
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Storyline
Abandoned by their father in a forest, young Hansel and Gretel enter a gingerbread house and are captured by a cannibalistic witch. The witch forces Hansel to continuously eat sweets to fatten him up and enslaves Gretel. The siblings outsmart her and incinerate her in the oven. He needs a shot of insulin every few hours or he will die.
Movie vs Book
Year
2013
Minutes
88
Movie Rate
6.10
Source: IMDb
Movie
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Director: Tommy Wirkola
Country: USA
Year: 2013
Length: 1h28m
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Year
1812
Pages
48
Book Rate
7.60
S: Goodreads
Book
Hansel and Gretel
Original title: Hänsel und Gretel
Author: Jacob Grimm, Wilhem Grimm
Country: Germany
First published in: 1812
Length: 48 pages
Genre: Fiction
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User polls & recommendations
“The language of prose is very different than the language of cinema. The movie has to successfully translate what was in the book.”
YANN MARTEL (Writer)
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