| Description |
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC, Region 0 (worldwide); full screen (4:3) presentation; DTS 5.1, Dolby digital 5.1, PCM Stereo sound. |
| Performer |
Brigitte Fassbaender (Hänsel), Edita Gruberova (Gretel), Hermann Prey (Vater), Helga Dernesch (Mutter), Sena Jurinac (Knusperhexe), Wiener Sängerknaben, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir George Solti, conductor. |
| Credits |
Camera, Wolfgang Treu, Theo Rose ; Sets, Gerhard Janda ; film editors, Gerdi Ludwig, Greta Bense. |
| Event |
Filmed in Vienna, Wien-Atelier, 1981. |
| Note |
Program notes and synopsis in English (11 p.) inserted in container. |
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Bonus features: trailers. |
| Summary |
Humperdinck's charming opera based on the fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. The story features a gingerbread house, a wicked old witch, and a young brother and sister who get lost in the woods and trapped by the witch. With a little help from on High and their own pluck and courage they manage to save themselves as well as all the children who were previously victims of the witch. |
| Language |
Sung in German; with optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish, or Chinese. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Siblings -- Drama.
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Witches -- Drama.
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Operas.
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| Indexed Term |
Brüder und Schwestern Drama. |
| Added Author |
Wette, Adelheid, 1858-1916. Librettist.
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Everding, August, 1928-1999. Director.
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Fassbaender, Brigitte. voc
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Gruberova, Edita, 1946-2021. voc
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Prey, Hermann, 1929-1998. voc
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Dernesch, Helga. voc
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Jurinac, Sena, 1921-2011. voc
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Solti, Georg, 1912-1997. Conductor.
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Humperdinck, Engelbert, 1854-1921.
Hänsel und Gretel.
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Wiener Sängerknaben. Performer.
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Wiener Philharmoniker. Performer.
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Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH.
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Deutsche Grammophon (Firm)
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| Standard No. |
044007341100 |
| Music No. |
B0005760-09 Deutsche Grammophon |
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