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Hans Christian Andersen
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Hans Christian Andersen

1952•1h 52m•Music•Family•Comedy
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Story Line

A small-town shoemaker with a knack for spinning yarns, Hans encounters happiness and heartbreak on his road to becoming a full-fledged writer.

“The glorious story of the greatest storyteller of them all!”

Top Cast

Danny Kaye

Danny Kaye

Hans Christian Andersen

Farley Granger

Farley Granger

Niels

Zizi Jeanmaire

Zizi Jeanmaire

Doro

Joseph Walsh

Joseph Walsh

Peter

Philip Tonge

Philip Tonge

Otto

John Qualen

John Qualen

Burgomaster

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Rating

6.2/ 10

Release Date

1952-12-19

Runtime

1h 52m

Genres

MusicFamilyComedy

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User Reviews (2)

John Chard

John Chard

8/10
•7/24/2019
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 autobiographic...
CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

7/10
•9/11/2022
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 particul...