The Story of 'Hansel and Gretel'

The classic Ray Harryhausen tale that still proves "slow and steady" wins the race.

Thanks to a partnership between Carlotta Films and the Ray & Diana Harryhausen Foundation, Ray Harryhausen's fairy tales and fables are being shown in cinemas for the first time in France. Discover this major work in the history of animation, performed by a legend of the 7th Art that will inspire Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean and Avatar.

A greedy King Midas is visited one day by a mysterious visitor who grants him the ability to turn all things he touches to gold. He learns his lesson when the food he tries to eat and his own daughter are turned to gold as well. The visitor reappears and offers him the opportunity to return to his old self, which he gladly does.

An instructional video that teaches, through stop-motion animation, how to build a bridge over a gorge that can hold heavy military equipment

A classic tale retold with Harryhausen's trademark animation.

This is one of four fairy tales master animator Ray Harryhausen made between 1949 and 1953 by hand, using stop-motion photography perfected as an apprentice under mentor Willis H. O'Brien of "King Kong" fame.

Test footage for an uncompleted Ray Harryhausen project showcasing dinosaur animation.