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Bookmark this pageHans Christian Andersen (1952)
Director: Charles Vidor
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Determined that he was going to make a movie about the celebrated storyteller, producer Sam Goldwyn went through every conceivable permutation of directors (William Wyler!), stars (Gary Cooper!) and scripts (16 of 'em) before ending up with this garish epic of musical puerility. You'll remember the songs - from 'Wonderful, Wonderful Copenhagen' to 'The Ugly Duckling' - but does Kaye have to play it as though he has a mental age of ten? A sugary one.Author: TJ
Cast & crew
Director: Charles Vidor
Producer: Samuel Goldwyn
Cast: Danny Kaye, Farley Granger, Zizi Jeanmaire, Joey Walsh, Roland Petit, John Qualen full cast
Genre(s): Musicals
Duration: 112 mins
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