"The Fairytaler" (2004) TV series 2004-2005

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Writers:

Linda O'Sullivan (supervising writer) (2004-2005)
Cecilie Olrik (supervising writer) (2004-2005)
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Seasons:

1 | unknown

Release Date:

13 May 2004 (Denmark)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Fantasy

Plot:

Animated adaptations of Hans Christan Andersen's classic fairy tales. The series celebrates his 200th birthday using a narrative style and wit updated to suit present day audience.

Plot Keywords:

Fairy Tale | Hans Christian Andersen

Cast

Henrik Koefoed

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Hans Christian Andersen / ... (26 episodes, 2004-2005)

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Series Directed by
Jørgen Lerdam		(26 episodes, 2004-2005)

Series Writing credits
Hans Christian Andersen		(26 episodes, 2004-2005)
Louise Geraghty		(4 episodes, 2004-2005)
Armin Prediger		(4 episodes, 2004-2005)
Gareth Williams		(2 episodes, 2004-2005)
Cecilie Olrik		(unknown episodes, 2004-2005)
Linda O'Sullivan		(unknown episodes, 2004-2005)

Series Produced by
Michael Christensen	....	producer (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Ralph Christians	....	executive producer (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Paul Kofod	....	executive producer (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Anders Mastrup	....	executive producer (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Maeve McAdam	....	producer (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Daina Sacco	....	producer (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Rod Stoneman	....	executive producer: Bórd Scannán na Eireann/Irish Film Board (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Christine Thårup	....	line producer (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Tom van Waveren	....	executive producer (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Lene Nordin	....	executive producer: DR TV (unknown episodes, 2004-2005)
Oliver Schablitzki	....	executive producer: Super RTL (unknown episodes, 2004-2005)
Susanne Schosser	....	executive producer: Super RTL (unknown episodes, 2004-2005)

Series Original Music by
Gregory Magee		(1 episode, 2004-2005)

Series Film Editing by
Martin Wichmann		(11 episodes, 2004-2005)

Series Production Design by
Uwe Saegner		(unknown episodes, 2004-2005)

Series Art Direction by
Malene Laugesen		(1 episode, 2004-2005)

Series Production Management
Therese Sachse	....	production manager (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Moe Honan	....	post-production supervisor (1 episode, 2004)

Series Art Department
Thorbjørn Christoffersen	....	storyboard assistant (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Anja Hiesener	....	storyboard assistant (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Sten Mesterton	....	property designer (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Zdenko Santini	....	storyboard assistant (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Felix Schichl	....	storyboard assistant (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Simon Sonnichsen	....	storyboard assistant (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Pedro Munoz	....	storyboard (1 episode, 2004)
Mads Peitersen	....	location design assistant (1 episode, 2004)
Uwe Saegner	....	location designer (1 episode, 2004)
Mads Themberg	....	location design assistant (1 episode, 2004)
Kang Lin Zhu	....	storyboard (1 episode, 2004)
Carina Jensen	....	graphic artist (unknown episodes, 2004-2005)
Gera Milosevic	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Garret Farrell	....	foley artist / sound recordist (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Kate McKeown	....	foley artist (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Philip Murphy	....	foley artist (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Bernie Ni Choistealbha	....	sound effects editor (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Ciaran O'Tuairisc	....	sound mixer (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Dorte Borck	....	dubbing coordinator (unknown episodes, 2004-2005)
Nalle Hansen	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes, 2004-2005)

Series Special Effects by
Bernie Ni Choistealbha	....	effects editor (1 episode, 2004)

Series Animation Department
Thomas Colding-Jørgensen	....	background stylist (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Donal Freeney	....	color modeler (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Ago Liu	....	background stylist (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Eddy May	....	animation director (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Jon Skræntskov	....	color modeler (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Janus Borup Staffe	....	color modeler (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Mai-Britt Hastrup	....	model clean-up supervisor (1 episode, 2004)
Noel Kelly	....	x-sheet timing (unknown episodes, 2004-2005)
Conor McMullin	....	x-sheet timing (unknown episodes, 2004-2005)
Stina McMullin	....	x-sheet timing (unknown episodes, 2004-2005)
Declan O'Connor	....	x-sheet timing (unknown episodes, 2004-2005)
Paul Stibal	....	x-sheet timing (unknown episodes, 2004-2005)
Aidan Walsh	....	x-sheet timing (unknown episodes, 2004-2005)
Morten Schmidt	....	character designer (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Virgil Kastrup	....	pre-production editor (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Neil McLauchlan	....	on-line editor (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Per Risager	....	off-line editor (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Anders Sørensen	....	pre-production editor (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Carsten Bo Waahlin	....	pre-production editor (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Rasmus Worsøe	....	off-line editor (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Julie Balle	....	off-line editor (unknown episodes, 2004-2005)
Moe Honan	....	post-production executive (unknown episodes, 2004-2005)

Series Other crew
Rick Allen	....	overseas supervisor (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Rolf Bangsgaard	....	brand manager (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Line Mathilde Bjerring	....	production assistant (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Susanne Boas	....	head of studio finance (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Serge Conchonnet	....	overseas supervisor (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Malene Ehlers	....	financing / legal counsel (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Robert Friis	....	production assistant (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Mark Hollier	....	production assistant (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Trille Ingram	....	production assistant (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Anne Jørgensen	....	financing / legal counsel (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Grainne McNamara	....	production assistant (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Seamus Mulligan	....	financing / legal counsel (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Joanne Rice	....	overseas supervisor (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Peter Schmidt	....	production assistant (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Lisbeth Vibestrup	....	head of finance (1 episode, 2004-2005)
Niklas Hansen	....	director: title sequence (1 episode, 2004)
Michael Hegner	....	director: title sequence (1 episode, 2004)
Moe Honan	....	voice director (1 episode, 2004)
Trevor Murphy	....	production coordinator (1 episode, 2004)
Lene Nordin	....	in co-operation with (1 episode, 2004)
Cecilie Olrik	....	story editor (1 episode, 2004)
Linda O'Sullivan	....	story editor (1 episode, 2004)
Oliver Schablitzki	....	in co-operation with (1 episode, 2004)
Susanne Schosser	....	in co-operation with (1 episode, 2004)
Gareth Williams	....	voice director (1 episode, 2004)
Steffen Addington	....	voice director (unknown episodes, 2004-2005)
Anne Bentsen	....	style guide (unknown episodes, 2004-2005)
Mai-Britt Hastrup	....	ink coordinator (unknown episodes, 2004-2005)
Dines Jensen	....	style guide (unknown episodes, 2004-2005)
Torben Jørgensen	....	sales administrator (unknown episodes, 2004-2005)
Jørgen Lerdam	....	voice director (unknown episodes, 2004-2005)
Aase Moresco	....	style guide (unknown episodes, 2004-2005)
Anne Vibeke Mortensen	....	translator (unknown episodes, 2004-2005)

Production Companies

• Egmont Imagination (2004-2005)
• A. Film (2004-2005)
• Magma Films Ltd. (I) (2004-2005)
• Super RTL (co-production) (2004-2005)
• Danmarks Radio (DR) (co-production) (2004-2005)

Distributors

• Danmarks Radio (DR) (2004-2005) (Denmark) (TV)
• Nordisk Film Video (2005) (Denmark) (DVD)
• Daily Express (2006) (UK) (DVD)
• Starlight Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• A. Film Eesti  model inking (2004-2005)
• A. Film  animation produced by (2004-2005)
• Bórd Scannán na hÉireann  financing (2004-2005)
• Nordisk Film Audio  sound recording facilities (2004-2005)
• Nordisk Film- & TV-Fond  financing (2004-2005)
• Programme MEDIA de la Communauté Européenne  financing (2004-2005) (as MEDIA Programme of the European Commission)
• Shortcut Post Production  video post-production (as ShortCut Post Production) (2004-2005)
• SyncMagic  sound analysist (2004-2005)
• Telegael  audio post-production (2004-2005)
• Telegael  video post-production (2004-2005)
• Tridente Animation  model inking (2004-2005)
• Wang Film Production  animation studio (2004-2005)

Also Known As:

"H.C. Andersens eventyr" (Denmark) (promotional title)
"H.C. Andersens eventyr: Der var engang..." (Denmark) (DVD box title)

Runtime:

Denmark:28 min (26 episodes) (TV version) (2004-2005)

Country:

Denmark

Language:

Danish

Color:

Color

Company:

Egmont Imagination

superb entertainment for adult & child alike

This set of Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales is absolutely superb! The quality of animation is far superior to many modern children's movies & TV shows, with the characters actually life-like instead of based on computer generated trickery. I have seen a great many of these stories & their adventures, that are almost always intriguing. Many of them I had not previously known of, but they are so impressively presented.

They draw the viewer, adult & child alike,into the unraveling plots in each episode. At about 25 minutes each, they are short enough to suit unsettled or hyperactive children. This is not childish entertainment but masterful storytelling. It is very relevant to the power without heart & soul, that too often preoccupies government & big business, where money, deceit & gross injustice flow freely, at the expense of downtrodden victims, whose lives often never recover from the financial & emotional wreckage inflicted.

So our world is too often dominated by unfairness, bigotry & hierarchies that aren't a fraction as important as they would like to think themselves! Such modern day emperors without clothes are all around us. So are the ugly ducklings, & the coldness surrounding the snow queen. So too, such as Jack the fool or golden treasure pursuit, among those less known. So the mastery of Hans Christian Andersen's tales are as relevant to our environmental concerns in the 21st century & encounters with politics, banking etc, as they ever were! Those who have created this set of "Fairytaler" programs, have clearly reflected on the underlying message of ETHICS, much more than the superiority or morality or status preoccupations that hype up the daily news. Hans sought to share with the world of Danish society he observed with an astute eye! Surely it is so relevant to EVERY civilisation ever learned about.

The episodes focus on priorities & loves of those disadvantaged in the broader world, & show empathy in their creations, as inspired & talented & enthusiastic supporters of the more important concepts their protagonist sought to share with his audience in a world 100-200 years before internet concepts of global problems.

Do not miss this excellent series.