Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale

Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale is a 2001 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. Various 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

External links

Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale at the Internet Movie Database

http://www.flixster.com/movie/hans-christian-andersen-my-life-as-a-fairy-tale/

Hans Christian Andersen

Bibliography

Collections	Fairy Tales Told for Children (1835–1837) Fairy Tales Told for Children (1838) New Fairy Tales (1843)

Stories	"The Angel" "The Elf Mound" "The Emperor's New Clothes" "The Fir-Tree" "The Flying Trunk" "The Galoshes of Fortune" "The Garden of Paradise" "The Goblin and the Grocer" "Golden Treasure" "The Ice-Maiden" "The Little Match Girl" "The Little Mermaid" "The Most Incredible Thing" "The Nightingale" "Ole Lukøje" "The Princess and the Pea" "The Red Shoes" "The Shadow" "The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep" "The Snow Queen" "The Snowman" "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" "The Story of a Mother" "The Sweethearts; or, The Top and the Ball" "The Swineherd" "The Tallow Candle" "The Teapot" "Thumbelina" "The Tinderbox" "The Ugly Duckling" "The Wild Swans"

Novels	The Improvisatore (1835) The Two Baronesses (1848)

Films	Hans Christian Andersen (1952) The Daydreamer (1966) Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale (2001 miniseries)

Related	Hans Christian Andersen Museum Hans Christian Andersen's Childhood Home Pleated Christmas hearts International Children's Book Day Hans Christian Andersen Award Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award

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