Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen
6.3

Hans Christian Andersen

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Directed by: Charles Vidor

Overview

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

Reviews (2)

  • John Chard (Rated: 8)

    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 autobiographical on this! just a celebration of the name and his...

  • CinemaSerf (Rated: 7)

    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 particularly well at all. That said, however, Danny Kaye a...

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