Snow Queen (TV 2002)

A young woman must must journey through the seasons to rescue her boyfriend who has been kidnapped by the evil Snow Queen.

Director:

David Wu

Writer:

Simon Moore (teleplay)

Stars:

Bridget Fonda, Jeremy Guilbaut, Chelsea Hobbs

1 win & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bridget Fonda	...	Snow Queen
Jeremy Guilbaut	...	Kai
Chelsea Hobbs	...	Gerda
Robert Wisden	...	Wolfgang
Wanda Cannon	...	Minna
Meghan Black	...	Robber Girl
Jennifer Clement	...	Spring Witch
Kira Clavell	...	Summer Princess
Suzy Joachim	...	Autumn Robber
Duncan Fraser	...	Mayor
Rachel Hayward	...	Amy
Jessie Borgstrom	...	8-Year Old Gerda
Robert D. Jones	...	Priest
Alexander Hoy	...	Chen
Trever Havixbeck	...	Sergeant at Arms

Storyline

The Snow Queen is a powerful story of friendship and the triumph of love over wickedness. The story follows a young woman who is forced to battle the wicked snow queen in order to save the soul of the man she loves.

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Plot Keywords:

snow | seasons | winter | bellboy | legend | 

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Taglines:

Where Winter Rules...

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Genres:

Family | Fantasy

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Details

Country:

USA Germany Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 December 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

La reine des neiges

Filming Locations:

Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hallmark Entertainment, Mat 1 Productions, Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

180 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Snow Queen: Let the whole world be as I am. Let winter rule always.

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Connections

Version of The Snow Queen (2005)

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Soundtracks

"The Two of Us Will Always be One"
Words and Music by Daryl Bennett and Jim Guttridge
Vocals by "D"

User Reviews

Another fine Halmark production.

I bought this film thinking it was a foreign import that I had seen many years ago, but nonesuch was the case. The film I was looking for was "The Polar Bear King", a Norwegian production dealing with a very similar story about a young princess searching for her abducted prince.

"Snow Queen" however, is not set in the middle ages, but circa 1900 in the cold reaches of a Nordic landscape (even though everyone speaks English). We're presented with a sprawling magical epic of young love challenged by the callous heart of a queen who herself seeks to conquer what she already had, but failed to see.

There's a lot of subtext and other themes going on here. We see the Snow Queen, and witness her cold manifest itself on both physical, emotional and even spiritual levels. She goes forth and sees that another wants, and covets another's possession. She exercises her power, and so our tale begins. Is she really evil and cold, or is there something missing from her life? Perhaps there's even more to her that we as yet fail to discover? Again, the story reveals all.

During the unfolding of the tale our young protagonist ventures forth into a realm that lies "straight on til morning", to borrow from Disney's "Peter Pan". There she meets eccentric antagonists and other characters, mostly female, and mostly with an agenda. Our young heroine must brave, challenge and escape those who pose a roadblock to her ultimate objective.

The production values are the usual top notch from Halmark. They don't spare expense when it comes to filming their intimate epics, nor do they waste money on extravagance that will not be used nor seen. We see a town that's in transition from becoming a small intimate affair where everyone knows everyone else, to becoming more of almost a small city ready to latently embrace the industrial revolution that's occurred in the outside world. We see vast wastes of snow capped mountains, and lush green forests and gardens. We see bandits and soldiers and a whole feast of visuals as our gallant heroine moves from one episode of her adventure to another.

The cinematography is basic, but unlike a lot of other made for TV movies, is not bland for the sake of expediency. The camera angles are a bit more dynamic and inspired, but not quite the caliber of theatrical release. A combination of good camera usage and quality art direction gives the audience a very sumptuous TV film production.

My critique is that it's not the film I wanted, but I enjoyed it for what it was. It's an American film made for American audiences based on some Scandinavian folklore, in regards to a tale that has some role reversal from the familiar tale of Gilgamesh.

Everything aside, it is worth a night's viewing if you have nothing better to do.

Enjoy.