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The film is based on Engelbert Humperdinck 's opera Hänsel und Gretel, from which its music derives. It was the first American feature-length animated film not made by Disney since 1941's Mr. Bug Goes to Town and the first American feature-length animated film not made with traditional animation.
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Scene from the 1954 stop-motion animated production of Humperdinck's opera, with Anna Russell as The Witch.
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- Bob Kingston
Considered by many to be the definitive rendering of composer Engelbert Humperdinck’s classic children’s opera, this innovative 1954 version uses hand-sculpted dolls, stop-motion animation and lavish sets to bring the production enchantingly to life.
An opera fantasy Overview An "electronic puppet" version of the Humperdinck opera, adapted for children and using spoken dialogue as well as Humperdinck's music.
Oct 30, 2001 · Hansel and Gretel, a fairytail by the Grimm brothers, is transferred to opera by Engelbert Humperdinck. In this version the fairytail is back. Beautiful animation, frame by frame, created with the limited techniques available between 1939 and 1954.
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John Paul’s animated adventure is an ‘electronic puppet’ effort of the Humperdinck opera, modified for kids. The story concerns two ravenous kids who meet a nasty witch and her gingerbread home.
