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Director Harald Hamrell makes his sophomore effort with this spooky thriller for kids. Eight-year old Maria's (Karin Bogaeus) younger brother Lillen is a major nuisance, so when her best friend Makka (Rebecca Scheja) claims that she can make a crystal ball that makes wishes come true, Maria wishes for her brother to vanish. The next day, an old woman named Gerda (Margerth Weivers) gets hired as Maria's new babysitter. Soon Maria and Rebecca are convinced that Gerda is a witch summoned by the ball to seize little Lillen and eat him for dinner.