Andersen was born in 1805. Hans christian andersen 519 imdb 6 9 1h 52min 1952 7 the incredibly multi talented danny kaye stars as hans christian andersen a young cobbler with a special gift for storytelling.

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The opening scene of the movie describes it best.

Hans christian andersen movie. 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 the great spinner of fairy tales. Directed by charles vidor.

It s available to watch on tv online tablets phone. With danny kaye farley granger zizi jeanmaire joseph walsh. The fairy tales include the ugly duckling thumbelina the emporer s new clothes and the little mermaid.

The family lived for the first time together at munkemøllestræde. Hans christian andersen writer. The family did not have a permanent address until 1807.

The story was by myles connolly the screenplay was written by moss hart and ben hecht uncredited and samuel goldwyn productions were the producers. In 1816 his father died of illness. His father hans andersen was a poor shoemaker and his mother a washerwoman.

The father worked as an independent shoemaker with a workshop in the livingroom. Watch hans christian andersen starring danny kaye in this kids family on directv. Audience reviews for hans christian andersen dec 21 2014 the fictional tale of the danish poet and fairytale storyteller who s work has gone on to inspire virtually anything and everything for.

In the story hans christian andersen a shoemaker is booted out of his own village by the town council at the request of the local schoolmaster who would rather the children of the village attend school than listen to hans s fairy tales. Nominated for six academy awards. Hans christian andersen is a 1952 hollywood musical film directed by charles vidor with lyrics and music by frank loesser.

Danny kaye is such a versatile actor as he sings and dances throughout this amazing romantic fairy tale by hans christian andersen. This film will be one that will be enjoyed by every member of the family. Imaginative cobbler hans christian andersen danny kaye is asked to leave his hometown because his frequent stories are distracting the children from school.