Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairy Tale (2003) (TV)

Director:

Philip Saville

Writers:

Hans Christian Andersen (book)
Kit Hesketh-Harvey (screenplay)

Release Date:

December 2003 (France)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Family | Fantasy

Plot:

A fictionalized account of the young life of Hans Christian Andersen, a young man with a penchant for...

Plot Keywords:

Snow | Nightingale | Little Mermaid | Mermaid | Chinese

Cast

Kieran Bew	...	Hans Christian Andersen
Emily Hamilton	...	Jette / Little Mermaid
Flora Montgomery	...	Jenny
James Fox	...	Jonas Collin
Simon Callow	...	Charles Dickens
Steven Berkoff	...	Meisling
Mathieu Carrière	...	Otto
Geraldine James	...	Hans's Mother
Alison Steadman	...	Mrs. Meisling
Edward Atterton	...	Prince Christian of Denmark
Mark Dexter	...	Edward
Hugh Bonneville	...	Publisher
Lynda Bellingham	...	Landlady
Miranda Pleasence	...	Gypsy Washerwoman
Patrick Barlow	...	Plopqvist
Caroline Harker	...	Crown Princess / Chinese Empress
Cheyenne Rushing	...	1st Debutante
Astrid Leberti	...	2nd Debutante (as Astrid Ebert)
Sarah Cattle	...	Chambermaid
Joe Prospero	...	Francis Dickens
Charlie Hicks	...	Edward 'Plorn' Dickens
Anna Maguire	...	Matchgirl
Tom Strauss	...	Grandfather
Carolyn Pickles	...	Mrs. Dickens
Tamsin Egerton	...	Kate Dickens (as Tamsin Egerton-Dick)
Aurelio Malfa	...	Proprietor
Jean-Theo Jost	...	Traveling Companion
Irshad Panjatan	...	Flunky
Hans-Peter Deppe	...	Stage Doorman
Michel Keller	...	Courtier
Jan Henrik Stahlberg	...	Cadet
Till Wiedemann	...	Cadet
Dörte Freundt	...	Courtesan
Esther Seibt	...	3rd Merprincess
Jeff Caster	...	Shipping Company Official
Gauri DeBose	...	Queen of Oude
Gerhard Haase-Hindenberg	...	Ticket Seller
Hans-Heinrich Hardt	...	Han's Father
Nina Lutjens	...	Queen Victoria
Oliver Kraatz	...	Prince Albert
Annicka Ehrl	...	Littlest Princess
Bernd Raucamp	...	Madhouse Warder
Robert Gallinowski	...	Ship's Officer
Andreas Albrecht	...	Call Boy
Gabriela Dazzi	...	Dancer
Elena Sommer	...	Dancer
Anton Reza Bernal	...	Dancer
Summer	...	Singing Voice of Jenny Lind (voice)

Directed by
Philip Saville

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Hans Christian Andersen		book "The Fairy Tale of My Life"
Kit Hesketh-Harvey		screenplay

Produced by
Davina Belling	....	producer
Robert Halmi Jr.	....	executive producer
Paul Lowin	....	producer
Clive Parsons	....	producer
David V. Picker	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Debbie Wiseman

Cinematography by
John Kenway

Film Editing by
Alex Mackie

Casting by
Gail Stevens

Production Design by
Michael Pickwoad

Art Direction by
Matthias Klemme
Adam O'Neill		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Knut Loewe

Costume Design by
Ann Hollowood

Makeup Department
Heide Haß	....	makeup artist
Trefor Proud	....	makeup designer

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Edward Brett	....	first assistant director
Sherard Jayasuriya	....	first assistant director: second unit
Martin Krauka	....	second assistant director
Stefan Lange	....	second unit director
Till Martinsen	....	second assistant director: second unit
Andreas Meszaros	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Friederike Beckert	....	props store manager
Hubert Bock	....	set dresser
Axel Eichhorst	....	storyboard artist
Eckart Friz	....	property master on set
Dierk Grahlow	....	assistant construction manager
Dierk Grahlow	....	construction manager: studio
Oliver Humke	....	construction manager
Philipp Hübner	....	swing gang
Christoph Kettenring	....	prop buyer
Otto Kiekbusch	....	stand-by props
Robert Krüger	....	scenic artist
Ralf Küfner	....	construction manager
Maximilian Lichtner	....	art department runner
Michael Lieb	....	draftsman
Iris Paschedag	....	art department assistant
Andreas Pfeifenberger	....	assistant property master
Astrid Poeschke	....	set designer
Matthias Prange	....	swing gang
Christian Schaefer	....	draftsman
Kay Schilling	....	assistant stand-by props
Torsten Schwartz	....	supervisor plasterer
Sascha Strutz	....	dressing props
Joey Weber	....	property master

Sound Department
Manfred Banach	....	sound mixer
Gordon Brown	....	dialogue adr editor
Dean Humphreys	....	sound re-recording mixer
Benjamin Krüger	....	boom operator
Srdjan Kurpjel	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Karl-Heinz Bochnig	....	special effects supervisor
Stefan Knauer	....	special effects technician
Volker Lorig	....	special effects technician
Endres Löber	....	special effects
Armin Moritz	....	special effects technician
Del Reid	....	snow effects
Michael Steinbacher	....	snow effects
Lucien Stephenson	....	snow effects
Christoph von Lengerke	....	senior technician
Michael Apling	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Dimitri Bakalov	....	animator: Cinesite
Lizzie Bentley	....	matte painter
Chas Cash	....	3D Animator: Cinesite
Kirsty Clark	....	digital compositor (as Kirsty Lamb)
Debra Coleman	....	digital compositor (as Debra Smith)
Harriet Donington	....	bidding producer: Cinesite
Catherine Duncan	....	digital effects producer
Andrew Francis	....	HD mastering
Dan Harrod	....	2D compositor
Simon Haslett	....	digital effects supervisor
Katja Hollmann	....	scanning and recording operator: Cinesite
Jack James	....	datacine supervisor
Matt Johnson	....	digital effects supervisor
Jeremy Lazare	....	visual effects 3D animator
Phillip Leonhardt	....	digital compositor
Charlie Lovett	....	CG animator
Dennis Lowe	....	visual effects supervisor
Donal Nolan	....	digital artist
Clare Norman	....	visual effects coordinator
Sue Rowe	....	senior compositor
Courtney Vanderslice	....	head of production: Cinesite
Tara Walker	....	data operator
Karen Wand	....	2D digital compositor
Dan Ashton	....	scanning and recording (uncredited)
Lee Chidwick	....	digital I/O (uncredited)
Artemis Oikonomopoulou	....	visual effects (uncredited)

Stunts
Oliver Fritsche	....	underwater stunts
Armin Sauer	....	stunt coordinator
Rene Schobes	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Gerd Breiter	....	assistant camera
Dirk Eichler	....	lighting technician
Johnny Feurer	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Rab Harling	....	focus puller: special effects unit
David Hörnle	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Frank Marggraf	....	gaffer
Jörg Mertink	....	second unit: key grip
Peter Nix	....	camera operator: second unit
Uli Schmidt	....	assistant camera: second unit

Casting Department
Robin Hudson	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Daryl Bristow	....	wardrobe supervisor
Brigitte Friedländer-Rodriguez	....	costume supervisor (as Brigitte Rodriguez)
Steve Hyams	....	key costume stand-by
Emma Walker	....	costume textile artist
Joanna Weaving	....	costume textile artist
Carol Anne Wegner	....	wardrobe assistant (as Carol Turney)

Editorial Department
Anya Dillon	....	second assistant editor
Iain Erskine	....	first assistant editor
Christopher Learmonth	....	digital intermediate editor
Christian Wilde	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Jan Tilman Schade	....	music consultant (as Jan Schade)
Debbie Wiseman	....	conductor

Other crew
Markus F. Adrian	....	production assistant
Peter Altmann	....	production assistant
Sven Sören Beyer	....	choreographer
Mathias Braun	....	location manager
Mathias Braun	....	location scout
David Byrne	....	assistant to producer
Karen Fulham	....	script supervisor
Geoff Fuller	....	rushes runner
Monika Hartley	....	production assistant
Lily Lester	....	assistant to producer
Karl Objartel	....	production accountant
Paula Orndoff	....	executive production assistant
Andy Taylor	....	digital laboratory production coordinator: Cinesite
Bruno Tonioli	....	choreographer

Production Companies

• Hallmark Entertainment

Distributors

• Elephant Films (2003) (France) (all media)

Special Effects

• Snow Business (snow effects)

Other Companies

• Sylvia Wheeler Film Services  negative cutting

Also Known As:

Runtime:

174 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Chinese House, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany

Company:

Hallmark Entertainment

Be enchanted.

I thought I would never be able to find an entry on this site till now. I remembered this was shown here like two years ago or something on the television.

Growing up reading some of Hans Christian Andersen's works had definitely made me curious into watching this. Maybe it's just me, but I thought it was like fairytale-like at times. I mean it in a good way and it's true.

Though being in my late teens, it's always such shows like this which will always bring me back to my childhood days.

Quite enchanting with those characters as well. Amazing.