The 'Secret Magic Control Agency' Gives Us a Twist
A film loosely based on the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel, with major twists to the original story.

The war ended, and peaceful days arrived. But not everyone was able to escape the "ghosts of the past." One day in the forest, at a monument to a partisan unit, two men met. One was the man responsible for the Germans shooting the entire unit, and the other was the man who miraculously survived the massacre...
A film loosely based on the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel, with major twists to the original story.
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