Hansel and Gretel - An Opera Fantasy - E. Humperdinck ISO

Hansel and Gretel: An Opera Fantas

24 December 1954 (USA)

approx. 113 minutes

Plot



This may well be the definitive production of one of the greatest fairy tales ever told. With brilliant imagination and technical wizardry this 1954 feature used stop-action animation and hand-sculpted dolls and sets to create a fantasy land of unearthly beauty. Set to Englebert Humperdinck's classic 1893 opera, sung by some of the most acclaimed performers of the 1950s, this recording was nominated for a Grammy Award.



Hansel & Gretel: An Opera Fantasy is a masterpiece of melodic beauty, whimsical story and magical settings that will delight children and the whole family.



The kinemen characters took over 15 years to develop. Compounded of intricate armatures a secret chemical mixture for "flesh," human hair, magnetized feet and truly human personalities; they are "exemplary actors," able to duplicate natural movements of the human body, and with a variety of facial expressions that surpass the range of humans.



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