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.| Status: | Released (1952-12-19) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 6 Oscars. 10 nominations total |
| Screen: | Moss Hart, Myles Connolly, Ben Hecht |
| Productions: | Samuel Goldwyn Productions |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 70668: Danny Kaye - Hans Christian Andersen
- 12497: Farley Granger - Niels
- 134429: Zizi Jeanmaire - Doro
- 22035: Joseph Walsh - Peter
- 10928: Philip Tonge - Otto
- 4119: John Qualen - Burgomaster
- 1147312: Erik Bruhn - The Hussar - Danced by
Crews
- 13570: Samuel Goldwyn - Producer - Production
- 70496: Myles Connolly - Story - Writing
- 10537: Harry Stradling Sr. - Director of Photography - Camera
- 30523: Moss Hart - Screenplay - Writing
- 4102: Daniel Mandell - Editor - Editing
- 41747: Frank Loesser - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 32134: Charles Vidor - Director - Directing
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Reviews
John Chard
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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 ....
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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, howev ....
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