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Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale (2003)
Directed by Philip Saville
Overview
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.
Length 174 minutes
Actors
Steven Berkoff | James Fox | Simon Callow | Geraldine James | Mathieu Carrière | Edward Atterton | Alison Steadman | Emily Hamilton | Kieran Bew | Mark Dexter