

Hans Christian Andersen
The glorious story of the greatest storyteller of them all!
A small-town shoemaker with a knack for spinning yarns, Hans encounters happiness and heartbreak on his road to becoming a full-fledged writer.
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- Released
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- Language
- English
- copenhagen, denmark
- musical
- ballet
- unrequited love
- heartbreak
- storytelling
- cobbler
- children's book
- aspiring writer
- ballerina
- fictional biography
- shoemaker
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United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR19 Dec 1952
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalU19 Dec 1952
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical4 Sept 1953
FranceFR
- Theatrical14 Aug 1953
IrelandIE
- TheatricalPG11 Sept 1953
NetherlandsNL
- PhysicalALDVD16 Feb 2012
SwedenSE
- Theatrical11 Sept 1953
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Hans Christian Andersen was released on 19 December 1952.
Audience reviews
2- J8/10
John Chard
7/24/2019
It's not a story of his life, just a fairytale about a spinner of fairy tales. So the opening written words say to us the very thing that many across the movie forums have failed to spot, namely that they wasn't going for first tier autobiographical on this! just a celebration of the name and his work is all. Who better to bring the great Dane to the screen than the ebullient Danny Kaye, his exuberant approach …
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
9/11/2022
It's quite easy to be harsh with this rather fanciful depiction of the life of the eponymous Danish writer. It doesn't bear much resemblance to the life of the real man, and it's rather episodic construction really doesn't help the film flow particularly well at all. That said, however, Danny Kaye and Charles Vidor have clearly had a powerful vision of what they were trying to achieve - and that isn't a biopic. It's …
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