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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

Year:

2013

Duration:

88 min | 98 min (Unrated Cut)

Genres:

Action | Fantasy | Horror

IMDB rate:

6.1

Director:

Tommy Wirkola

Awards:

2 wins & 3 nominations

Details

Country: Germany

Release Date: 2013-01-25

Filming Locations: Sächsische Schweiz, Saxony, Germany

Earnings

Budget: $50,000,000

Opening Weekend: $19,690,956 (USA) (27 January 2013)

Gross: $55,703,475 (USA) (15 May 2013)

Cast

Actor

Character

Pihla Viitala

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

Gemma Arterton

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

Jeremy Renner

Hansel

Famke Janssen

Muriel

Derek Mears

Edward

Robin Atkin Downes

Edward

Ingrid Bolsø Berdal

Horned Witch

Joanna Kulig

Red Haired Witch

Thomas Mann

Ben

Peter Stormare

Sheriff Berringer

Bjørn Sundquist

Jackson

Rainer Bock

Mayor Engleman

Thomas Scharff

Father

Kathrin Kühnel

Adrianna

Cedric Eich

Young Hansel

Alea Sophia Boudodimos

Young Gretel

Matthias Ziesing

Deputy

Sebastian Hülk

Deputy (as Sebastian Huelk)

Vegar Hoel

Gamekeeper

Jeppe Beck Laursen

Tracker William

Christian Rubeck

Tracker Jonathan

Stig Frode Henriksen

Mute Tracker

Zoë Bell

Tall Witch

Monique Ganderton

Candy Witch

Fritz Roth

Dairy Man

Lucas Mann

Teenage Boy

Lucy Ella von Scheele

Mary Behlmer

Isaiah Michalski

Little Boy

Stephanie Corneliussen

Desert Witch (uncredited)

Charlotte Crome

Witch (uncredited)

Lena Gutschank

Etruscan Witch (uncredited)

Friedrich Heine

Villager (uncredited)

Alessija Lause

Palsied Witch (uncredited)

Wolfgang Lindner

Deputy #3 (uncredited)

Patricia Materne

Witch (uncredited)

Vera Nova

Swamp Witch (uncredited)

Jason Oettle

Fat and Ugly Witch (uncredited)

Noah Wiechers

Villager (uncredited)

Vanessa Wieduwilt

Tumor Witch (uncredited)

Tommy Wirkola

Deputy #4 (uncredited)

Alissa Worley

Village Child

Seth Worley

Village Child

Did you know?

Trivia

Tommy Wirkola got the idea to create the film based on the adult lives of Hansel & Gretel in 2007 while at film school in Australia. After being discovered by Gary Sanchez Productions, Wirkola pitched the idea at a meeting with Paramount Pictures and won a contract.

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The movie's cast featured two former Bond Girls: Famke Janssen from GoldenEye (1995) and Gemma Arterton from Quantum of Solace (2008) made and released around thirteen years apart in the James Bond film franchise. Both had Ian Fleming-esque "Pussy Galore"/"Mary Goodnight"-like double entendre character names, which were "Xenia Onatopp" and "Strawberry Fields" respectively.

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Originally scheduled for release in March 2012, was delayed for ten months to accommodate Jeremy Renner's appearances in The Avengers (2012) and The Bourne Legacy (2012) and to give Tommy Wirkola time to shoot a post-credits scene.

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Goofs

When Hansel and Gretel are in front of the candy house, he eats colorful candy and she eats the white icicle. However when they go inside both of their mouths are colored.

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When Gretel approaches the gingerbread house in search of Hansel, the body of Mina should be seen just to the left of the door but it is missing.

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When Mina is tending to Hansel's wounds next to the lake his arm changes positions between shots - from resting on his knee, then his thigh, then his knee again.

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Quotes

Mina: Are you alright?

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Gretel: The Curse of Hunger for Crawling Things. I fucking hate that one.

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Hansel: Whatever you do, don't eat the fuckin' candy.

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Faq

Why did Gemma Arterton use an american accent

It was to match Jeremy Renner, as it would be weird for siblings to have different accents.

What are the differences between the Theatrical Version and the Unrated Extended Cut?

This Unrated Extended Cut of the movie is a really satisfying affair. Even though it adds over 9 minutes of material, barely anything of that is useless. Much of the new stuff is so entertaining that it bares the question why it wasn't included in the short theatrical version in the first place. Especially striking is that the Unrated has considerable additions in the violence department. It wasn't even necessary to put the ominous "baby scene" back in to heighten the death toll. Wirkola stated in an interview that this moment provoked shocked reactions in test audiences and was removed. All in all, the film's fun factor is visibly increased by the Unrated Cut, making it decidedly recommendable for viewers that already had fun with the theatrical version. A detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be found here.

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