Hans Christian Andersen

1952
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1h 52min

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Biography Family Musical Romance

Un cuento de hadas sobre el gran hilandero de cuento de Dinamarca llamado Hans Christian Andersen.Un cuento de hadas sobre el gran hilandero de cuento de Dinamarca llamado Hans Christian Andersen.Un cuento de hadas sobre el gran hilandero de cuento de Dinamarca llamado Hans Christian Andersen.

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Nominado a 6 premios Óscar
- 10 nominaciones en total

Doro
(as Jeanmaire The Famous French Ballerina)

Joseph Walsh

Peter
(as Joey Walsh)

Philip Tonge

Otto

Erik Bruhn

The Hussar - Danced by

Roland Petit

The Prince in 'The Little Mermaid' Ballet

John Brown

Schoolmaster

John Qualen

Burgomaster

Jeanne Lafayette

Celine

Robert Malcolm

Stage Doorman

George Chandler

Farmer

Fred Kelsey

First Gendarme

Gil Perkins

Second Gendarme

Peter J. Votrian

Lars
(as Peter Votrian)

Lee Aaker

Little Boy
(sin créditos)

Patsy Bangs

Dancer
(sin créditos)

Arthur Berkeley

Townsman
(sin créditos)

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Trivia
In order to cover the necessary camera tricks, and to add "magic" to the Little Mermaid ballet, it was decided that, rather than presenting it as an actual ballet, they would have Hans imagine how it would look. This allowed them to do things on the screen which would be impossible on the stage.

Errores
During the "Wonderful, Wonderful Copenhagen" song the concertina player directly behind the singer never moves his fingers on the keys.

Citas
Hans: Did you ever hear the story of the old woman who shook her head at the family so much that one night it fell off? Right on the dinner table.

Créditos curiosos
Opening credits: "Once upon a time there lived in Denmark a great storyteller named Hans Christian Andersen. This is not the story of his life, but a fairy tale about this great spinner of fairy tales."

Conexiones
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Movies We Loved as Kids (1991)

Bandas sonoras
The King's New Clothes
(uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Sung by Danny Kaye and children
Reprised by Kaye, children, and Chorus in the Finale

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9/10

The Frank Loesser score is an original gem.

Watching this again (for only the second time) last night, I was just knocked out by the score. Presumably because of a Broadway-is-better-than-Hollywood bias, the piece tends to be dismissed in the Loesser oeuvre but every single number is a gem -- and the fullest score for a "family fantasy" since THE WIZARD OF OZ. I was particularly taken by INCH WORM, a really short song sung in counterpoint to the children's chanting of their mathematic tables after the schoolmaster has dragged them away from Hans' tales. Not long enough to have a commercial future (outside of a soundtrack album) it tells us more about Hans than most of the scene that precedes it.

As others have noted, Danny Kaye is totally bearable and the kitsch side of the film is now enjoyable for that. (The colours also recall WIZARD.)

This film deserves more recognition in the world of original film musicals. It's a rare classic score at the time of composer compilations or Broadway imports.