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Hans Christian Andersen(Movie, 1952)

Hans Christian AndersenRating: 3.3/5 (with 2525 votes)
Hans Christian Andersen is a 1952 Hollywood musical film directed by Charles Vidor and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. The screenplay by Moss Hart and an uncredited Ben Hecht is based on a story by Myles Connolly. Although it is nominally about Hans Christian Andersen, the 19th-century Danish author of many world-famous fairy tales, the film is romantic fiction, and does not relate to Andersen's biography: the introduction describes it as "not the story of his life, but a fairy tale about this great spinner of fairy tales." Andersen, as played by Danny Kaye, is portrayed as a small-town cobbler with a childlike heart and a vivid imagination. A large part of the narrative is told through song (music and lyrics by Frank Loesser) and ballet and includes many of the real Andersen's most famous stories, such as The Ugly Duckling, Thumbelina, The Emperor's New Clothes and The Little Mermaid. The film was internationally successful at the time of release. ()
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Awards & Nominations for Hans Christian Andersen

Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score Academy Award for Best Sound

About Hans Christian Andersen

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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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: Copenhagen
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 11 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 12/19/1952
Director: Charles Vidor
Producer: Samuel Goldwyn
Screenwriter: Ben Hecht
Film Editor: Daniel Mandell
Director of Photography: Harry Stradling
Composer: Frank Loesser
Costume designer: Antoni Clavé
Production Designer: Antoni Clavé
Keywords: biography

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