The Snow queen

Russia (Federation), 1992

Film
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Episode of Series “Stories to remember”.
Sigourney Weaver narrates Andersen’s moving story of a young girl’s quest for her young friend who has been captured by the beautiful but heartless Snow Queen and taken to her icy palace far from humankind. Along the way she makes new friends who help her in her search. Based on Susan Jeffers’ illustrations for the picture book adaptation by Amy Ehrlich.

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Credits

co-director

Mark Buchwald

Vladlen Barbe

co-producer

Igor Kostigin

Joshua M. Greene

production company

Klassika Studio Moscow

Lightyear Entertainment

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places
Russia (Federation)
Production dates
1992

Appears in

Stories to remember

Group of items

Stories to remember

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

303375

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Adaptations

Animation

Animation → Animated films - Soviet Union

Childrens Films

Literature → Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875

Literature → Children's literature - Film and video adaptations

Short films

Short films → Short films - Russian Federation

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q339467

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