Hans Christian Andersen
The glorious story of the greatest storyteller of them all!
Overview
A small-town shoemaker with a knack for spinning yarns, Hans encounters happiness and heartbreak on his road to becoming a full-fledged writer.
- Production
- Samuel Goldwyn Productions
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Cast
Danny Kaye
Hans Christian Andersen
Farley Granger
Niels
Zizi Jeanmaire
Doro
Joseph Walsh
Peter
Philip Tonge
Otto
John Qualen
Burgomaster
Roland Petit
The Prince in 'The Little Mermaid' Ballet
John Brown
Schoolmaster
George Chandler
Farmer
Fred Kelsey
First Gendarme
Lee Aaker
Little Boy (uncredited)
Billy Bevan
Town Councilman (uncredited)
Barrie Chase
Ballerina (uncredited)
Sylvia Lewis
Danseuse / Corps de Ballet (uncredited)
Noreen Corcoran
Little Girl (uncredited)
Beverly Washburn
Girl Outside Jail Window
Crew
- Director
- Charles Vidor
- Writers
- Moss Hart,Myles Connolly
- Producers
- Samuel Goldwyn
- Cinematography
- Harry Stradling Sr.
- Composer
- Frank Loesser
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John Chard
July 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 to the topic befits the glorious colour that positively sparkles in every frame …
CinemaSerf
September 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 a colourful and large scale series of fantasies that tug at the heart strings, m…