The life of Hans Christian Andersen. The son of a poor cobbler, he becomes Denmark’s national poet. The film reveals the strange childhood from which he derived the whimsy and fantasy of his fairy tales. As a boy of fourteen, he went to Copenhagen, bent on achieving fame in one way or another. He failed to impress the theatrical producers but obtained a scholarship from the King of Denmark. Soon he was writing short stories, plays, poems, novels and fairy tales.
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
010296
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Biographical films
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Copenhagen (Denmark)
Biographical
Documentary
Documentary → Documentary films - Denmark
Educational & Instructional
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Literature → Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875
Literature → Authors - Biography
Literature → Children's literature
Literature → Fairy tales
Literature → Literature
Literature → Poetry
Literature → Short stories
Magic, Occult & Supernatural → Fairy tales
People → Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875
People → Authors - Biography
People → Biographical films
Places → Copenhagen (Denmark)
Short films
Short films → Short films - Denmark
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)