Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale is a 2003 semi-biographical television miniseries that fictionalizes the young life of Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. It was directed by Philip Saville and starred Kieran Bew as the title character.[1] Four Hans Christian Andersen fairytales are included as short interludes of the story, and intertwined into the events of the young author's life.[2]
Cast
- Kieran Bew as Hans Christian Andersen[3]
- Emily Hamilton as Jette
- Flora Montgomery as Jenny Lind
- Simon Callow as Charles Dickens
- Edward Atterton as Prince Christian of Denmark
- Mathieu Carrière as Otto Goldschmidt
- Joe Prospero as Francis Dickens
- Charlie Hicks as Edward Dickens
- James Fox as Jonas Collin
Fairytales featured
- The Little Match Girl
- Thumbelina
- The Princess and the Pea
- The Nightingale
- The Tinderbox
- The Little Mermaid
- The Steadfast Tin Soldier
- The Ugly Duckling
- The Snow Queen
References
- ^ Greenhill, Pauline (2015). ""The Snow Queen": Queer Coding in Male Directors' Films". Marvels & Tales. Vol. 29, no. 1. ProQuest 1663315597.
- ^ Bianco, Robert (September 6, 2020). "Critic's corner". USA Today. p. D16. ProQuest 408905048.
- ^ Moore, Frazier (September 6, 2002). "Upcoming TV schedules focus on events of 9/11". Chillicothe Gazette (Ohio). p. 13.
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