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61% Critic Match
Babes in the Woods
“Two children wander the forest and get lured into a witch's house.”
6.1 / 10• 1932• 8m•NR• English
Animation
Storyline
Two Dutch children stumble on a clearing in the woods where gnomes are going about their business. The gnomes are friendly to the children. A witch comes and takes them away on her broom to her gingerbread house, where she turns nasty on them, turning the boy into a spider, her yowling cat to stone, and tries to turn the girl into a rat when a gnome's arrow stops her. While the gnomes are fighting the witch, Hansel and Gretl free the other children who have been imprisoned and transformed by the witch.
Cast & Crew
Lucille La Verne
Witch (voice) (uncredited)
Lead
Pinto Colvig
Gnomes / Various (voice) (uncredited)
MM
Mary Moder
Singer (voice) (uncredited)
Purv Pullen
Cat (voice) (uncredited)
Toby Wing
Hans / Gretel / Kids (voice) (uncredited)
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Burt Gillett's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Babes in the Woods is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
