Hansel and Gretel (TV 1982)

Contrary to popular belief, this film contains no animation. Tim Burton's "Hansel and Gretel" is a live action film short featuring Japanese actors and striking set designs reminiscent of ... See full summary »

Director:

Tim Burton

Writers:

Tim Burton (idea), Jacob Grimm (story),

Stars:

Michael Yama, Jim Ishida, David Koenigsberg

Cast

Credited cast:
Michael Yama	...	Stepmother / Witch
Jim Ishida	...	Father
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Koenigsberg	...	Gingerbread Man
Vincent Price	...	Host

Storyline

Contrary to popular belief, this film contains no animation. Tim Burton's "Hansel and Gretel" is a live action film short featuring Japanese actors and striking set designs reminiscent of his later work in films such as "Beetle Juice" and "Edward Scissorhands". While this film was created during Tim Burton's employment at Disney Feature Animation, his stop-motion work began with the short film "Vincent" and continues today with the recent "Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride". His 2D animation work while with Disney included "The Fox and the Hound" and "The Black Cauldron".

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Plot Keywords:

hansel and gretel | stepmother | based on fairy tale | evil stepmother | witch | 

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Genres:

Fantasy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

Hansel y Gretel

Box Office

Budget:

$116,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

45 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Was only broadcast on the Disney Channel, which commissioned it, once: Halloween night, 1983.

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Connections

Version of Hansel & Gretel (2002)

User Reviews

Burton's Experiment

A good experiment for Tim Burton. I think was an interessant and sweet version of the novel and originally was andepisode for Faerie Tale Theatre. But it's very nice, the gus star Hanse and Gretal are kung fu boys and the witch is a man with a black suit. Very nice, and very funny!!!!