A kindly Woodcutter is put under a spell to lead his children, Hansel and Gretel into the forest, and abandon them there by their evil stepmother. Lost in the woods, they find a house made of gingerbread and sweets which they eagerly begin to eat. The owner however, is a Witch, and she built the house to fatten up children and eat them! The famous fairy tale is brought to life in an imaginative setting faithful to the original telling, with a full score of beautiful classical music.