18 Dec 1954
Babes in Toyland
Based on the classic Broadway operetta by Victor Herbert and Glen MacDonough, this live television special became an annual Christmas tradition with rotating cast members.
Hänsel und Gretel
Once upon a time, there was a brother and sister named Hansel and Gretel who get lost in the forest. The father searches actively his children with the help of the Herb Fairy Marie. The lost siblings wander around for a while, and then they find a house of gingerbread, biscuit and chocolate. A witch kindly invites the children, but behind the sweet temptation lurks danger ...
2012
Top Billed Cast
Anja Kling Hexe
Mila Böhning Gretel
Friedrich Heine Hänsel
Johann von Bülow Vater
Elisabeth Brück Stiefmutter
Devid Striesow Händler
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