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The Juniper Tree is a 1990 Icelandic medieval fantasy drama film written and directed by Nietzchka Keene. Based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale " The Juniper Tree ", the film was shot in black-and-white in a small budget in 1986.
"The Juniper Tree" (also "The Almond Tree"; Low German: Von dem Machandelboom) is a German fairy tale published in Low German by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales in 1812 (KHM 47). [1] The story contains themes of child abuse , murder , cannibalism and biblical symbolism and is one of the Brothers Grimm's darker and more mature fairy tales.
The Juniper Tree is a 1985 novel by British writer Barbara Comyns. The penultimate novel of the author, it combines gothic literature, family drama, magical realism, and fairy tale. [1] The book contains allusions to the 1812 fairy tale "The Juniper Tree" by the Brothers Grimm, which is where the title of the novel comes from. The story ...
The Juniper Tree, a 1990 film starring Björk; The Juniper Tree, a 1985 opera composed by Philip Glass and Robert Moran; The Juniper Tree, a 1997 opera by Roderick Watkins (music) and Patricia Debney (libretto) The Juniper Tree, a 1985 novel by Barbara Comyns "The Juniper Tree", a 2000 short science fiction story by John Kessel
Nietzchka Keene (June 26, 1952 – October 20, 2004) [1] was an American film director and writer best known for The Juniper Tree, a feature film shot in Iceland starring the Icelandic singer Björk in her first film role.
Juniper Tree (French: Le Piège d'Issoudun) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Micheline Lanctôt and released in 2003. [1] Based in part on the Brothers Grimm's fairy tale The Juniper Tree, [2] the film stars Sylvie Drapeau as Esther, a depressed woman interacting with police officer Laurier (Frédérick De Grandpré) after failing in an attempt to kill herself and her children.
Using a colorful theatrical set and recorded sound, The Juniper Tree retold a Grimm Brothers tale of an archetypal evil stepmother and her family. In the 1990s, Jonas’ My New Theater series moved away from a dependence on her physical presence.
Peter Francis Straub (/ s t r aʊ b /; March 2, 1943 – September 4, 2022) [2] was an American novelist and poet. He had success with several horror and supernatural fiction novels, among them Julia (1975), Ghost Story (1979) and The Talisman (1984), the latter co-written with Stephen King.