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Hans Christian Andersen

The glorious story of the greatest storyteller of them all!

6.2(77)19521h 52m2

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

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Writers

Moss Hart

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • 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

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    John Chard

    7/24/2019

    8/10

    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 …

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    CinemaSerf

    9/11/2022

    7/10

    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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