Screenplay: Hans Christian Andersen
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Hans Christian Andersen. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Titles found: 115
The King and the Mockingbird (Le Roi et l'oiseau)
1979 · Movie · 87 min. · France
Direction Paul Grimault
Synopsis The story about the King V and three makes 8 and 8 makes 16. It got excellent reviews.
7.1
288 votes
7.1
288 votes
The Rose Seller (La vendedora de rosas)
1998 · Movie · 120 min. · Colombia
Direction Víctor Gaviria
Cast Leidy Tabares · Marta Correa · Mileider Gil · Diana Murillo
Synopsis “The Rose Seller” is the second feature-length film made by Colombian poet and filmmaker Victor Gaviria. The story follows the fortunes of a group of girls in their early teens, all separated from their families and making a living for...
7.1
3K votes
7.1
3K votes
The Emperor's Nightingale
1949 · Movie · 72 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Jirí Trnka · Milos Makovec
Synopsis A Chinese emperor, because of a beautiful toy-nightingale, forgets about the song of a real live nightingale that comforted him in his solitude.
6.8
79 votes
6.8
79 votes
The Little Mermaid
1989 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction John Musker · Ron Clements
Synopsis The Little Mermaid (1989) tells the enchanting story of Ariel, a curious and adventurous mermaid princess who dreams of life on land. Fascinated by the human world, she rescues and falls in love with Prince Eric after a shipwreck. Desperate...
6.7
95K votes
6.7
95K votes
The Ugly Duckling (S)
1939 · Movie · 9 min. · United States
Direction Jack Cutting
Synopsis A remake of an earlier Silly Symphony retells the story of an outcast duckling who turns out to become a beautiful swan.
6.6
4K votes
6.6
4K votes
The Little Match Girl
1928 · Movie · 32 min. · France
Direction Jean Renoir · Jean Tédesco
Cast Catherine Hessling · Manuel Raaby · Jean Storm · Amy Wells
Synopsis A stylish short-film updating of the popular Hans Christian Andersen fairy-tale accompanied by a score that includes excerpts from two celebrated classical pieces – Wagner's "The Walkyrie" and Moussorgsky's "Night On Bald Mountain".
6.6
362 votes
6.6
362 votes
The Little Mermaid
1976 · Movie · 84 min. · Czechoslovakia
Direction Karel Kachyna
Cast Miroslava Safránková · Radovan Lukavský · Petr Svojtka · Libuse Safránková
Synopsis The little mermaid rescues a prince from drowning and falls in love with him. To be with him, she makes a deal with the evil sorceress: her beautiful voice against a life on land. It seems to work at first,...
6.6
27 votes
6.6
27 votes
Frozen
2013 · Movie · 98 min. · United States
Direction Chris Buck · Jennifer Lee
Synopsis Fearless optimist Anna teams up with Kristoff in an epic journey, encountering Everest-like conditions, and a hilarious snowman named Olaf in a race to find Anna's sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom in eternal winter.
6.5
46K votes
6.5
46K votes
The Little Soldier (S)
1947 · Movie · 11 min. · France
Direction Paul Grimault
Synopsis Adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen story.
6.5
39 votes
6.5
39 votes
The Little Matchgirl (S)
2006 · Movie · 7 min. · United States
Direction Roger Allers
Synopsis An animated short based on Hans Christian Andersen's tale about a poor young girl with a burning desire to find comfort and happiness in her life. Desperate to keep warm, the girl lights the matches she sells, and envisions a...
6.5
950 votes
6.5
950 votes
6.5
283 votes
Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series)
1982 · Series · 50 min. · United States
Direction Peter Medak · Gilbert Cates · Graeme Clifford · Robert Iscove
Cast Shelley Duvall · John Achorn · Patrick DeSantis · David McCharen
Synopsis TV Series (1982-1987). 6 seasons. 27 chapters. At a time when most other shows for children were either low-budget productions or product-inspired cartoons that were little more than half-hour commercials, this program set out to produce high-quality classic entertainment that...
6.4
119 votes
6.4
119 votes
Snezhnaya koroleva
1957 · Movie · 74 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)
Direction Lev Atamanov
Synopsis A young girl journeys to a frigid land to find her friend, imprisoned by a heartless queen.
6.4
235 votes
6.4
235 votes
6.4
60 votes
The Little Match Girl (S)
2011 · Movie · 13 min. · North Macedonia
Direction Filip Matevski
Cast Katarina Ilievska · Nenad Nacev · Dijana Stojkovska
Synopsis A short movie based on the story "The Little Girl with the Matches" by Hans-Christian Andersen. The main character in the story is a young girl (10-11 years old), a homeless orphan who instead of begging is selling matches on...
6.4
25 votes
6.4
25 votes
The Ugly Duckling (S)
1931 · Movie · 7 min. · United States
Direction Wilfred Jackson
Synopsis A black duckling is rejected by its mother, a hen, but manages to prove his worth when a tornado threatens the hen's chicks.
6.2
375 votes
6.2
375 votes
Death and the Mother (S)
1988 · Movie · 10 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ruth Lingford
Synopsis In this adaptation of the tale The Story of a Mother (1847) by Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), a sick child is taken by Death. The mother follows and overcomes obstacles and ordeals to win back her child, the greatest test...
6.2
55 votes
6.2
55 votes
6.0
84 votes
The Brave Tin Soldier (S)
1934 · Movie · 8 min. · United States
Direction Ub Iwerks · Shamus Culhane · Al Eugster
Synopsis A musical rendition of the Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tale where a brave tin soldier with only one leg and a toy ballerina find happiness.
6.0
30 votes
6.0
30 votes
The Pretty Duckling (S)
2022 · Movie · 3 min. · United States
Direction Justine King
Synopsis This film “The Pretty Duckling” is inspired by the Danish fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen “The Ugly Duckling” and is based on Danny Kaye’s song “The Ugly Duckling.”
6.0
41 votes
6.0
41 votes