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Hansel and Gretel

by Brothers Grimm, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm · first published 1812

"Hansel and Gretel" (; German: Hänsel und Gretel [ˈhɛnzl̩ ʔʊnt ˈɡʁeːtl̩]) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 as part of Grimms' Fairy Tales (KHM 15). Hansel and Gretel are siblings who are abandoned in a forest and fall into the hands of a witch who lives in a house made of bread, cake, and sugar. The witch, who has cannibalistic intentions, intends to fatten Hansel before eventually eating him. However, Gretel saves her brother by pushing the witch into her own oven, killing the witch.

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Genre:
Fairy Tale
Original language:
German
Year page:
1812
Editions
  • Deux coqs d'or, 1994 · 28 pp. · ISBN 9782013919692
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Screen Adaptations

  1. 1917 · Film →
  2. 1932 · Film →
  3. 1954 · Film →
  4. 1954 · Film →
  5. 1983 · TV Film →
  6. 1987 · Film →
  7. 2002 · Film →
  8. 2013 · Film →
  9. 2013 · Film →
  10. 2020 · Film →
  11. 2021 · Animation

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