Screenplay: Hans Christian Andersen

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Hans Christian Andersen. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


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

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

The Little Mermaid

1975 · Movie · 68 min. · Japan

Direction Tomoharu Katsumata

6.0

84 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