The tale has been adapted to various media , most notably the opera `` Hänsel und Gretel '' ( 1893 ) by Engelbert Humperdinck and a stop-motion animated feature film made in the 1950s based on the opera .
The tale has been adapted to many media , most notably the opera `` Hänsel und Gretel '' ( 1893 ) by Engelbert Humperdinck . A stop-motion animated movie based on the opera was made in the 1950s .