 When a great famine covers the land, a loveless marriage leaves two children helpless against their parent s insanities. A father consumed by the memories of his dead ex-wife is instilled with incestuous thoughts of his growing daughter. A step-mother, resentful and cold due to her husband s lack of love and attention, uses these thoughts against him. Believing his obsession with his daughter is the last remaining trace of his ex-wife, the step-mother convinces him to cast his children into the forest to be forgotten. However, Hansel and Gretel become ensnared by a witch s magic. With Hansel in a cage, Gretel is their only salvation.