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Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairy Tale (2003)

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Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairy Tale

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Director

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  • Philip Saville
    Philip Saville

Writers

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(in alphabetical order)
  • Hans Christian Andersen
    Hans Christian Andersen
    book: "The Fairy Tale of My Life"
  • Kit Hesketh-Harvey
    Kit Hesketh-Harvey
    screenplay

Cast

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  • Kieran Bew
    Kieran Bew
    Kieran Bew
    Hans Christian Andersen
  • Emily Hamilton
    Emily Hamilton
    Emily Hamilton
    Jette
    /Little Mermaid
  • Flora Montgomery
    Flora Montgomery
    Flora Montgomery
    Jenny
  • James Fox in A Long Way from Home (2013)
    James Fox
    James Fox
    Jonas Collin
  • Simon Callow
    Simon Callow
    Simon Callow
    Charles Dickens
  • Steven Berkoff in Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
    Steven Berkoff
    Steven Berkoff
    Meisling
  • Mathieu Carrière
    Mathieu Carrière
    Mathieu Carrière
    Otto
  • Geraldine James at an event for Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
    Geraldine James
    Geraldine James
    Hans's Mother
  • Alison Steadman
    Alison Steadman
    Alison Steadman
    Mrs. Meisling
  • Edward Atterton
    Edward Atterton
    Edward Atterton
    Prince Christian of Denmark
  • Mark Dexter
    Mark Dexter
    Mark Dexter
    Edward
  • Hugh Bonneville
    Hugh Bonneville
    Hugh Bonneville
    Publisher
  • Lynda Bellingham in All Creatures Great & Small (1978)
    Lynda Bellingham
    Lynda Bellingham
    Landlady
  • Miranda Pleasence
    Miranda Pleasence
    Gypsy Washerwoman
  • Patrick Barlow
    Patrick Barlow
    Plopqvist
  • Caroline Harker in Middlemarch (1994)
    Caroline Harker
    Caroline Harker
    Crown Princess
    /Chinese Empress
  • Cheyenne Rushing
    Cheyenne Rushing
    1st Debutante
  • Astrid Leberti
    Astrid Leberti
    2nd Debutante
    (as Astrid Ebert)
  • Sarah Cattle
    Sarah Cattle
    Chambermaid
  • Joe Prospero
    Joe Prospero
    Joe Prospero
    Francis Dickens
  • Charlie Hicks
    Charlie Hicks
    Edward 'Plorn' Dickens
  • Anna Maguire
    Anna Maguire
    Anna Maguire
    Matchgirl
  • Tom Strauss
    Tom Strauss
    Tom Strauss
    Grandfather
  • Carolyn Pickles
    Carolyn Pickles
    Carolyn Pickles
    Mrs. Dickens
  • Tamsin Egerton
    Tamsin Egerton
    Tamsin Egerton
    Kate Dickens
    (as Tamsin Egerton-Dick)
  • Aurelio Malfa
    Aurelio Malfa
    Proprietor
  • Jean-Theo Jost
    Jean-Theo Jost
    Traveling Companion
  • Irshad Panjatan
    Irshad Panjatan
    Flunky
  • Hans-Peter Deppe
    Hans-Peter Deppe
    Stage Doorman
  • Michel Keller
    Michel Keller
    Courtier
  • Jan Henrik Stahlberg
    Jan Henrik Stahlberg
    Cadet
  • Till Wiedemann
    Till Wiedemann
    Cadet
  • Dörte Freundt
    Dörte Freundt
    Courtesan
  • Esther Seibt
    Esther Seibt
    Esther Seibt
    3rd Merprincess
  • Jeff Caster
    Jeff Caster
    Shipping Company Official
  • Gauri DeBose
    Gauri DeBose
    Queen of Oude
  • Gerhard Haase-Hindenberg
    Gerhard Haase-Hindenberg
    Ticket Seller
  • Hans-Heinrich Hardt
    Hans-Heinrich Hardt
    Han's Father
  • Nina Lutjens
    Nina Lutjens
    Queen Victoria
  • Oliver Kraatz
    Oliver Kraatz
    Prince Albert
  • Annicka Ehrl
    Annicka Ehrl
    Littlest Princess
  • Bernd Raucamp
    Bernd Raucamp
    Madhouse Warder
  • Robert Gallinowski
    Robert Gallinowski
    Ship's Officer
  • Andreas Albrecht
    Andreas Albrecht
    Call Boy
  • Gabriela Dazzi
    Gabriela Dazzi
    Dancer
  • Elena Sommer
    Elena Sommer
    Dancer
  • Anton Reza Bernal
    Anton Reza Bernal
    Dancer
  • Summer
    Summer
    Singing Voice of Jenny Lind
    (voice)

Producers

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  • Davina Belling
    Davina Belling
    producer
  • Robert A. Halmi
    Robert A. Halmi
    executive producer (as Robert Halmi Jr.)
  • Paul Lowin
    Paul Lowin
    producer
  • Clive Parsons
    Clive Parsons
    producer
  • David V. Picker
    David V. Picker
    executive producer

Composers

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  • Jan Tilman Schade
    Jan Tilman Schade
  • Debbie Wiseman
    Debbie Wiseman

Cinematographer

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  • John Kenway
    John Kenway

Editor

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  • Alex Mackie
    Alex Mackie

Casting Director

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  • Gail Stevens
    Gail Stevens

Production Designer

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  • Michael Pickwoad
    Michael Pickwoad

Art Directors

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  • Matthias Klemme
    Matthias Klemme
  • Adam O'Neill
    Adam O'Neill
    supervising art director

Set Decorator

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  • Knut Loewe
    Knut Loewe

Costume Designer

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  • Ann Hollowood
    Ann Hollowood

Makeup Department

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  • Kathleen Asmuss
    Kathleen Asmuss
    additional makeup artist
  • Manuela Halligan
    Manuela Halligan
    additional makeup artist
  • Heide Haß
    Heide Haß
    makeup artist
  • Jeanette Kaiser
    Jeanette Kaiser
    additional makeup artist
  • Trefor Proud
    Trefor Proud
    makeup designer
  • Martin Rink
    Martin Rink
    additional makeup artist

Production Manager

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  • William Parnell
    William Parnell
    post-production supervisor

Second Unit Directors or Assistant Directors

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  • Edward Brett
    Edward Brett
    first assistant director
  • Sherard Jayasuriya
    Sherard Jayasuriya
    first assistant director: second unit
  • Martin Krauka
    Martin Krauka
    second assistant director
  • Stefan Lange
    Stefan Lange
    second unit director
  • Till Martinsen
    Till Martinsen
    second assistant director: second unit
  • Andreas Meszaros
    Andreas Meszaros
    second assistant director

Art Department

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  • Friederike Beckert
    Friederike Beckert
    props store manager
  • Hubert Bock
    Hubert Bock
    set dresser
  • Axel Eichhorst
    Axel Eichhorst
    storyboard artist
  • Eckart Friz
    Eckart Friz
    property master on set
  • Dierk Grahlow
    Dierk Grahlow
    assistant construction manager / construction manager: studio
  • Björn Holzhausen
    Björn Holzhausen
    property master: indoor
  • Oliver Humke
    Oliver Humke
    construction manager
  • Philipp Hübner
    Philipp Hübner
    swing gang
  • Christoph Kettenring
    Christoph Kettenring
    prop buyer
  • Otto Kieckbusch
    Otto Kieckbusch
    stand-by props (as Otto Kiekbusch)

Sound Department

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  • Manfred Banach
    Manfred Banach
    sound mixer
  • Gordon Brown
    Gordon Brown
    dialogue adr editor
  • Dean Humphreys
    Dean Humphreys
    re-recording mixer
  • Benjamin Krüger
    Benjamin Krüger
    boom operator
  • Srdjan Kurpjel
    Srdjan Kurpjel
    sound effects editor

Special Effects

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  • Karl-Heinz Bochnig
    Karl-Heinz Bochnig
    special effects supervisor
  • Stefan Knauer
    Stefan Knauer
    special effects technician
  • Volker Lorig
    Volker Lorig
    special effects technician
  • Endres Löber
    Endres Löber
    special effects
  • Armin Moritz
    Armin Moritz
    special effects technician
  • Delroy Reid
    Delroy Reid
    snow effects (as Del Reid)
  • Michael Steinbacher
    Michael Steinbacher
    snow effects
  • Lucien Stephenson
    Lucien Stephenson
    snow effects
  • Christoph von Lengerke
    Christoph von Lengerke
    senior technician
  • Michael Apling
    Michael Apling
    special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects

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  • Dimitar Bakalov
    Dimitar Bakalov
    animator: Cinesite (as Dimitri Bakalov)
  • Lizzie Bentley
    Lizzie Bentley
    matte painter
  • Chas Cash
    Chas Cash
    3D Animator: Cinesite
  • Kirsty Clark
    Kirsty Clark
    digital compositor (as Kirsty Lamb)
  • Debra Coleman
    Debra Coleman
    digital compositor (as Debra Smith)
  • Harriet Donington
    Harriet Donington
    bidding producer: Cinesite
  • Catherine Duncan
    Catherine Duncan
    digital effects producer
  • Andrew Francis
    Andrew Francis
    HD mastering
  • Dan Harrod
    Dan Harrod
    2d compositor
  • Simon Haslett
    Simon Haslett
    digital effects supervisor

Stunts

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  • Oliver Fritsche
    Oliver Fritsche
    underwater stunts
  • Georg Armin Sauer
    Georg Armin Sauer
    stunt coordinator (as Armin Sauer)
  • René Schobeß
    René Schobeß
    stunts (as Rene Schobes)

Camera and Electrical Department

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  • Daniel Alvermann
    Daniel Alvermann
    key grip
  • Gerd Breiter
    Gerd Breiter
    assistant camera
  • Ralf Dangschat
    Ralf Dangschat
    steadicam operator
  • Dirk Eichler
    Dirk Eichler
    lighting technician
  • Johnny Feurer
    Johnny Feurer
    first assistant camera a-camera
  • Stefan Graf
    Stefan Graf
    electrician
  • Joachim Haller
    Joachim Haller
    clapper loader
  • Rab Harling
    Rab Harling
    focus puller: special effects unit
  • Justus Hasenzahl
    Justus Hasenzahl
    best boy
  • Oliver Hesse
    Oliver Hesse
    best boy

Casting Department

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  • Robin Hudson
    Robin Hudson
    casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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  • Daryl Bristow
    Daryl Bristow
    wardrobe supervisor
  • Melanie Dittberner
    Melanie Dittberner
    additional wardrobe
  • Brigitte Friedländer-Rodriguez
    Brigitte Friedländer-Rodriguez
    costume supervisor (as Brigitte Rodriguez)
  • Gitti Fuchs
    Gitti Fuchs
    wardrobe
  • Steve Hyams
    Steve Hyams
    key costume stand-by
  • Natalia Riede
    Natalia Riede
    wardrobe
  • Juliana Stenzel
    Juliana Stenzel
    crowd costumier
  • Susanne Ultsch
    Susanne Ultsch
    additional wardrobe
  • Emma Walker
    Emma Walker
    costume textile artist
  • Joanna Weaving
    Joanna Weaving
    costume textile artist

Editorial Department

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  • Anya Dillon
    Anya Dillon
    second assistant editor
  • Iain Erskine
    Iain Erskine
    first assistant editor
  • Andrew Francis
    Andrew Francis
    hd mastering: Cinestie Europe
  • Christopher Learmonth
    Christopher Learmonth
    digital intermediate editor
  • Christian Wilde
    Christian Wilde
    assistant editor

Location Management

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  • Mathias Braun
    Mathias Braun
    location manager / location scout

Music Department

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  • Richard Bissill
    Richard Bissill
    musician: French horn
  • Jan Tilman Schade
    Jan Tilman Schade
    music consultant (as Jan Schade)
  • Debbie Wiseman
    Debbie Wiseman
    conductor
  • Skaila Kanga
    Skaila Kanga
    musician: harp (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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  • Karen Fulham
    Karen Fulham
    script supervisor

Additional Crew

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  • Markus F. Adrian
    Markus F. Adrian
    production assistant
  • Peter Altmann
    Peter Altmann
    production assistant
  • Sven Sören Beyer
    Sven Sören Beyer
    choreographer
  • Maresa Burmester
    Maresa Burmester
    production trainee
  • David Byrne
    David Byrne
    assistant to producer
  • Geoff Fuller
    Geoff Fuller
    rushes runner
  • Monika Hartley
    Monika Hartley
    production assistant
  • Lily Lester
    Lily Lester
    assistant to producer
  • Karl Objartel
    Karl Objartel
    production accountant
  • Paula Orndoff
    Paula Orndoff
    executive production assistant

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