| Hans Christian Andersen | |||||
| MGM/UA (1952) | |||||
| Biography, Family, Musical | |||||
|
Not In Collection
#26 |
|||||
|
0*
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| Danny Kaye | Hans Christian Andersen | |
| Farley Granger | Niels | |
| Zizi Jeanmaire | Doro | |
| Joseph Walsh | Peter | |
| Philip Tonge | Otto | |
| Erik Bruhn | The Hussar in "Ice Skating Ballet" | |
| Roland Petit | The Prince in 'The Little Mermaid' Ballet | |
| John Brown | Schoolmaster | |
| John Qualen | Burgomaster | |
| Jeanne Lafayette | Celine | |
| Robert Malcolm | Stage Doorman | |
| George Chandler | Gerta's Father | |
| Fred Kelsey | First Gendarme | |
| Gil Perkins | Second Gendarme | |
| Peter J. Votrian | Lars |
| Director |
|
||
| Producer | Samuel Goldwyn
|
||
| Writer | Moss Hart
|
||
| Cinematography | Harry Stradling Sr
|
|
|
The inimitable Danny Kaye stars as famed storyteller Hans Christian Andersen in this charming fictionalized biopic that blends music, romance, comedy and fantasy to trace the life of Denmark's literary hero. A small-town shoemaker with a knack for spinning yarns, Hans encounters happiness and heartbreak on his road to becoming a full-fledged writer. |
|
|
||||||||||||||