Top billed cast

1. 

   Danny Kaye

   Hans Christian Andersen

2. 

   Farley Granger

   Niels

3. 

   Zizi Jeanmaire

   Doro

4. 

   Joseph Walsh

   Peter

5. 

   Philip Tonge

   Otto

6. 

   John Qualen

   Burgomaster

7. 

   Erik Bruhn

   The Hussar - Danced by

8. 

   Roland Petit

   The Prince in 'The Little Mermaid' Ballet

9. 

   John Brown

   Schoolmaster

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-09-11

It's quite easy to be harsh with this rather fanciful depiction of the life of the eponymous Danish writer. It doesn't bear much resemblance to the life of the real man, and it's rather episodic construction really doesn't help the film flow particularly well at all. That said, however, Danny Kaye and Charles Vidor have clearly had a powerful vision of what they were trying to achieve - and that isn't a biopic. It's a colourful and large scale series of fantasies that tug at the heart strings, make you smile, wince and tap your toes - just as the vivid imagination of the author would have had ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• copenhagen, denmark
• musical
• ballet
• unrequited love
• heartbreak
• storytelling
• cobbler
• children's book
• aspiring writer
• ballerina
• thumbelina
• fictional biography
• shoemaker
• ballet performance
• ballet company
• ugly duckling
• fairy tale characters
• pointe shoes
• little mermaid series