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Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairy Tale

Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairy Tale (2003)

Drama, Family, Fantasy, Adventure | United States

Director: Philip Saville

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Streaming

17/12/2021

Rating: 6.9/10

SYNOPSIS

A fictionalized account of the young life of Hans Christian Andersen, a young man with a penchant for storytelling but struggles to find his place in the world and gain the affection of the woman he adores. Interspersed throughout are brief interludes of the stories that will make Hans famous (The Nightingale, The Little Mermaid and The Snow Queen to name a few), which are intertwined with the events that surround his own life.

Actors

Voice: Summer

Writer: Hans Christian Andersen, Kit Hesketh-Harvey

Producer: Davina Belling, Robert A. Halmi

RUNTIME: 174 min

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