Into The Forest - Folktales At Defa (Limited Edition) [Blu-ray] [UK] Josh Brolin Archival interview with special effects

Archival interview with special effects designer Benoît Lestang

blood curdling nightmares and gruesome murder as the young couple are thrust into an entangled world of cabalistic ritual where their very souls may well be the next offerings to the dark prince himself

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devastating portrait of a vanishing world whose opulence conceals the moral vacancy at its heart

Into The Forest - Folktales At Defa (Limited Edition) [Blu-ray] [UK] Josh Brolin Archival interview with special effectsRelease Date: 27 7 2026 Between 1950 and 1989, the East German studio DEFA produced a huge number of Mrchenfilme, or adaptations of popular fairy and folktales. By turns macabre, heartwarming, odd, whimsical and occasionally downright frightening, these visually arresting and luridly colourful pictures drew on the works of authors such as Wilhelm Hauff, Hans Christian Andersen and, above all, the Brothers Grimm. Some of the finest and darkest DEFA