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
H.C. Andersen
Peter Steen
Gamle H.C. Andersen
Stine Fischer Christensen
Sofie
Annemarie Malle Klixbüll
Sygeplejerske
Søren Bertelsen
Slagter
Søren Frank
Tjener hos Wulff
Niels Hinrichsen
Oberst Guldberg
Tuva Novotny
Henriette Wulff
Steen Stig Lommer
Oehlenschläger
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.
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