Hans Christian AndersenFilmography

Born:: Odense, Denmark
Occupation:: Screen Story, Book Author

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The Snow Queen

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Bridget Fonda

Synopsis: Originally conceived as a TV miniseries (but generally shown in a single three-hour installment), this lavish adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen stars Bridget Fonda as the icy-hearted title character. Arriving incognito at the alpine inn run by a man named Wolfgang (Robert Wisden Read More

2002
The Ugly Duckling

Crew: Book Author

2001
The Emperor's New Clothes

Crew: Short Story Author

Synopsis: This animated version of Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes stays faithful to the source material. Two con-men attempt to rip off the vain emperor and humiliate him by having him parade through town in his underwear. The common folk, afraid to incur the wrath of the king, act as Read More

2000
Fantasia 2000

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Steve Martin, Itzhak Perlman, Quincy Jones, Bette Midler, James Earl Jones, Teller, Penn Jillette, James Levine, Angela Lansbury, Leopold Stokowski

Synopsis: Initially released to IMAX theaters at the crescendo of millennial fever and 60 years after the original Fantasia, Fantasia 2000 was meant to revitalize Walt Disney's goal of a constantly evolving film, with new segments replacing old ones with each re-release. Only The Sorcerer's Apprentice Read More

1/1/00
El Detective y la Muerte

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Javier Bardem, Maria de Medeiros, Carmelo Gómez, Héctor Alterio, Charo Lopez

Synopsis: This surreal Spanish film offers a liberal re-tooling of Hans Christian Andersens' tale "The Story of the Mother," which follows a mother's quest through a maze-like forest as she seeks to retrieve her child from Death. This version of the tale is set in a violent and crime filled European city. Read More

1994
Thumbelina

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Jodi Benson, Carol Channing, Charo, Gino Conforti, Barbara Cook

Synopsis: The voices of Carol Channing, John Hurt, Jodi Benson and Gilbert Gottfried help bring this wonderful Hans Christian Andersen story to life. Barry Manilow contributed heavily to the film's music. Children still seem to enjoy this story about a young girl who was the size of a human thumb. She was Read More

1994
Rabbit Ears: The Emperor's New Clothes

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: John Gielgud

1991
We All Have Tales: The Emperor's New Clothes

Crew: Short Story Author

Synopsis: From the story by Hans Christian Andersen, this tells of two sly tailors and a very vain King. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1991
Le Baiser de la Fée

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Tatiana Yatsenko, Vladimir Malakhov, Ekaterina Vasilieva, Vanya Gorbatsevich

1990
Swans

Crew: Short Story Author

Synopsis: Based on a story by Hans Christian Andersen, this tale tells how an enchanted brother and sister break the spell of an evil witch and save their village. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1990
The Emperor's New Clothes

Crew: Short Story Author

Synopsis: A vain king gets his comeuppance at the hands of two con artists in this compilation of stories that also includes "Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears" and "Suho and the White Horse." ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1990
The Little Match Girl

Crew: Short Story Author

Synopsis: This is a futuristic, animated adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen tale. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

1990
The Little Mermaid

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Jodi Benson, Pat Carroll, Sam Wright, Kenneth Mars, Buddy Hackett

Synopsis: Disney's The Little Mermaid was the first in a series of blockbusters that restored the venerable firm's reputation as the world's premiere animated-feature factory. The title character is a precocious teenager named Ariel, the daughter of Triton, king of the Sea. Against her dad's wishes, Ariel Read More

11/15/89
The Nightingale

Crew: Book Author

Synopsis: One of Hans Christian Andersen's most moving tales comes to life in this animated video. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1988
The Little Match Girl

Crew: Short Story Author

1987
Rabbit Ears: The Emperor and the Nightingale

Crew: Short Story Author

Synopsis: Featuring exquisite illustrations, innovative music by composer Mark Isham, and the lively reading of Glenn Close, this version of Hans Christian Andersen will delight the entire family. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1987
The Emperor's New Clothes

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Sid Caesar, Clive Revill, Robert Morse, Lysette Anthony, Julian Joy-Chagrin

Synopsis: This witty version of Hans Christian Anderson's moral tale of a king whose vanity makes him an easy mark for con artists, features Sid Caesar and Art Carney. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1987
The Little Match Girl

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Keshia Knight Pulliam

Synopsis: Keshia Knight-Pulliam stars as the title character, an orphaned waif of the 1920s who helps instill the Christmas spirit into a contentious New England family. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

1987
The Ugly Duckling

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Cher

Synopsis: Hans Christian Andersen's touching fairy tale is brought to life in this video. Narrated by Cher and featuring the music of famed harpist Patrick Ball, The Ugly Ducking is the story of a little duckling who looks different from his peers. He is constantly ridiculed, until he grows up and discovers Read More

1986
The Steadfast Tin Soldier

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Jeremy Irons

1985
The Little Match Girl

Crew: Short Story Author

Synopsis: This is a musical adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen tale. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

1984
Faerie Tale Theatre: The Little Mermaid

Crew: Short Story Author

Synopsis: Mork and Mindy's Pam Dawber plays the title role in this hour-long adaptation of The Little Mermaid. This is the tale of a beautiful young mermaid with an exquisite singing voice, who falls in love with a human being. To gain "human-hood" herself, she must give up all that she holds dear-including Read More

1984
The Red Shoes

Crew: Short Story Author

Synopsis: This is a production of Hans Christian Andersen's Red Shoes, as performed by the Children's Theatre Company and School of Minneapolis. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1983
Stories from a Flying Trunk

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Murray Melvin, Ann Firbank, Tasneem Maqsood, John Tordoff, John Dalby

Synopsis: Set in present-day London, this uneven children's film from director Christine Edzard is divided into three different stories. In the first tale the kitchen utensils and objects come alive and have their own discussion when the occupants of the house are gone. In the second, the Little Match Girl Read More

1979
Historien om en Moder

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Anna Karina, Daniel Duval, Tove Maës, Bodil Udsen

Synopsis: This symbolic drama is loosely based on a somber story from Hans Christian Andersen. Daniel Duval plays Death, not in the usual grim reaper sense but merely as a man in a grey flannel suit. The Mother (Anna Karina) offers her hair to a guardian of Death's Garden, her eyes to a vehement protest Read More

1979
The Little Mermaid

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Vika Novikova, Valentin Nikulin, Galina Artemova, Yuri Senkevich, Galina Volchek

Synopsis: This Russian film accurately retells the famous Hans Christian Anderson story about a mermaid who saves a young prince from her sisters death-calls, and falls in love with him. After many trials, the prince is able to live and love, and the mermaid is freed to walk on land, but the prince marries Read More

1976
Mala Morska Vila

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Petr Svojtka

Synopsis: Released in time to commemorate the 100th year after the death of Hans Christian Anderson (1805-1875), this movie is based on his story The Little Mermaid, which recounts the very great sacrifice a magical mermaid makes in order to save a shipwrecked young prince, who remains unaware of her love. Read More

1976
The Little Mermaid

Crew: Short Story Author

Synopsis: An animated telling of the Hans Christian Anderson story about a mermaid who yearns to become human after rescuing a dashing prince. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

1975
The Ugly Duckling

Crew: Short Story Author

Synopsis: An interpretation of the classic Hans Christian Andersen ugly duckling tale, with illustrations by Svend Otto S. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

1975
The Swineherd

Crew: Book Author

1975
Magic Adventure

Crew: Short Story Author

Synopsis: In this Spanish animated feature, Jim and Polly chase after their kittens and encounter a silly peg-legged pirate, a misunderstood dragon, a mean ol' giant and Puss 'n Boots . ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide Read More

1973
The Emperor's New Clothes

Crew: Short Story Author

Synopsis: Who better to narrate this Rankin-Bass Animagic version of The Emperor's New Clothes than Danny Kaye, who starred as celebrated Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen in the 1952 musical film of the same name? Taking more than a few delightful liberties with Andersen's original tale, this Read More

1972
Scandal in Denmark

Crew: Short Story Author

1970
Thumbelina

Crew: Short Story Author

Synopsis: Based on the tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen, this live-action story tells of a tiny girl and her adventures with magic and danger--and a dreamy prince. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

1970
Hans Brinker

Crew: Short Story Author

Synopsis: Mary Mapes Dodges' children's classic Hans Brinker: Or the Silver Skates was adapted as a TV musical, 104 years after its original publication, by Moose Charlap. Robin Askwith plays Hans, an Amsterdam teenager devoted to ice skating. When his father (John Gregson) is injured, the subsequent Read More

1969
Staraya, Staraya Skazka

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Oleg Dal, Marina Neelova, Vladimir Etush, Georgi Vitsin, Vera Titova

1968
The Tinder Box

Crew: Short Story Author

Synopsis: In this version of the charming Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, a soldier brings a tinderbox from a cave to help a witch. At the last moment, he changes his mind and uses the powerful magic within to help him marry a princess and become the king. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1968
The Daydreamer

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Cyril Ritchard, Paul O'Keefe, Jack Gilford, Ray Bolger, Margaret Hamilton, Hayley Mills, Burl Ives, Terry-Thomas, Victor Borge, Ed Wynn, Boris Karloff, Sessue Hayakawa

Synopsis: Four stories from Hans Christian Andersen appear in The Daydreamer, a feature using the Animagic process that uses live action combined with stop-motion puppets. Included are "The Little Mermaid," "The Emperor's New Clothes," "Thumbelina," and "The Garden Of Paradise." Songs and dances compliment Read More

1966
The Snow Queen

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Valery Nikitenko, Yelena Proklova, Slava Tsyupa, Yevgeniya Melnikova, Natalya Klimova

Synopsis: The Snow Queen is a Hans Christian Andersen fable about a cold-hearted queen of the frozen north who steals away young Kay and takes him to her ice palace. Kay's friend Gerda gets worried when Kay does not come home, and so she sets out to find him. Along the way, she meets an eccentric flower Read More

1966
Shirley Temple Storybook Collection: The Little Mermaid

Crew: Screen Story

Actors: Shirley Temple, Nina Foch, Cathleen Nesbitt, Donald Harron, Ray Walston

1961
The Snow Queen

Crew: Short Story Author

Synopsis: American live-action footage frames this animated feature from the USSR, and the cartoon characters' voices are also dubbed in English. The Snow Queen is a Hans Christian Andersen fable about a cold-hearted queen of the frozen north (voice by Louise Arthur) who steals away young Kay (voice by Tommy Kirk Read More

1959
Mr. H. C. Andersen

Crew: Short Story Author

Synopsis: "H. C." stands, of course, for "Hans Christian" in this modest British biopic. The title role is played by Ashley Glynne, minus the singing and dancing that Danny Kaye would bring to the same character in 1952. Mr. Andersen's famed children's stories are offered in cartoon form, courtesy of Read More

1950
The Emperor and the Nightingale

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Boris Karloff, Jaromir Sobota, Helena Patockova

Synopsis: The Emperor's Nightingale relates the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale through utilization of stop-motion puppet animation. The film was produced by the Prague-based "Trick Brothers" studio, owned and operated by Jiri Trnka. The story, adapted by Trnka and Jiri Brdecka, is the traditional one of Read More

1948
The Red Shoes

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer, Léonide Massine, Albert Basserman

Synopsis: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's influential musical tragedy set the stage for the climactic dance ballets that became a staple of the Arthur Freed-MGM musicals (An American in Paris, Singin' in the Rain and The Band Wagon) of the early 1950s. Hans Christian Andersen's tragic fairy tale Read More

1948

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