A small-town shoemaker with a knack for spinning yarns, Hans encounters happiness and heartbreak on his road to becoming a full-fledged writer.

Danny Kaye
as Hans Christian Andersen

Farley Granger
as Niels

Zizi Jeanmaire
as Doro

Joseph Walsh
as Peter

Philip Tonge
as Otto

John Qualen
as Burgomaster

Erik Bruhn
as The Hussar - Danced by

Roland Petit
as The Prince in 'The Little Mermaid' Ballet

John Brown
as Schoolmaster

Jeanne Lafayette
as Celine
John Chard
It's not a story of his life, just a fairytale about a spinner of fairy tales. So the opening written words say to us the very thing that many across the movie forums have failed to spot, namely that they wasn't going for first tier autobiographical on this! just a celebration of the name and his...
CinemaSerf
It's quite easy to be harsh with this rather fanciful depiction of the life of the eponymous Danish writer. It doesn't bear much resemblance to the life of the real man, and it's rather episodic construction really doesn't help the film flow particularly well at all. That said, however, Danny Kaye a...