A powerful modern film narrative, set in a historical framework, about the crucial encounter between vulnerable eighteen-year-old Hans Christian Andersen, who rates himself so highly, and Mr. Meisling, the cynical school principal. An encounter that fundamentally transforms Hans Christian's life.

Simon Dahl Thaulow
as H.C. Andersen

Peter Steen
as Gamle H.C. Andersen

Stine Fischer Christensen
as Sofie

Annemarie Malle Klixbüll
as Sygeplejerske

Søren Bertelsen
as Slagter

Søren Frank
as Tjener hos Wulff

Niels Hinrichsen
as Oberst Guldberg

Tuva Novotny
as Henriette Wulff

Steen Stig Lommer
as Oehlenschläger

Peter Hesse Overgaard
as Rahbek