Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale is a 2003 semi-biographical television miniseries that fictionalizes the young life of Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. It was directed by Philip Saville and starred Kieran Bew as the title character. Four Hans Christian Andersen fairytales are included as short interludes of the story, and intertwined into the events of the young author's life.
Cast
- Kieran Bew as Hans Christian Andersen
- Emily Hamilton as Jette
- Flora Montgomery as Jenny Lind
- Simon Callow as Charles Dickens
- Edward Atterton as Prince Christian of Denmark
- Mathieu Carrière as Otto Goldschmidt
- Joe Prospero as Francis Dickens
- Charlie Hicks as Edward Dickens
- James Fox as Jonas Collin
Fairytales featured
- The Little Match Girl
- Thumbelina
- The Princess and the Pea
- The Nightingale
- The Tinderbox
- The Little Mermaid
- The Steadfast Tin Soldier
- The Ugly Duckling
- The Snow Queen
Categories:
- 2000s American television miniseries
- Films directed by Philip Saville
- Cultural depictions of Hans Christian Andersen
- Cultural depictions of Charles Dickens
- Cultural depictions of Jenny Lind
- Works about writers
- Television shows based on works by Hans Christian Andersen
- Works based on Thumbelina
- Works based on The Princess and the Pea
- Television shows based on The Little Mermaid
- Works based on The Ugly Duckling
- Works based on The Snow Queen
- Works based on The Steadfast Tin Soldier
- Works based on The Little Match Girl
- Works based on The Nightingale (fairy tale)
- United States drama television series stubs