Hans Christian Andersen

Movie · Musical

Imaginative cobbler Hans Christian Andersen (Danny Kaye) is asked to leave his hometown because his frequent stories are distracting the children from school. From there he moves to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he sees and falls in love with Doro (Jeanmaire), a ballerina. He writes "The Little Mermaid" for her, and it becomes the ballet's latest work. However, Doro is already married to Niels (Farley Granger), meaning Hans must content himself with producing popular children's stories.

1952 · 2h 0m
Director Charles Vidor

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Hans Christian Andersen

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Imaginative cobbler Hans Christian Andersen (Danny Kaye) is asked to leave his hometown because his frequent stories are distracting the children from school. From there he moves to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he sees and falls in love with Doro (Jeanmaire), a ballerina. He writes "The Little Mermaid" for her, and it becomes the ballet's latest work. However, Doro is already married to Niels (Farley Granger), meaning Hans must content himself with producing popular children's stories.

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Studio
MGM
Released
1952
Run Time
2 hr
Rated
Unrated
Region of Origin
United States
© 1952 Samuel Goldwyn Productions. Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (AAC), French (Canada) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), French (Canada) , Portuguese (Brazil) , Spanish (Latin America)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.