title: Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
text: # Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
  
  Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale is a 2003 semi-biographical television miniseries that fictionalizes the young life of Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. It was directed by Philip Saville and starred Kieran Bew as the title character. Four Hans Christian Andersen fairytales are included as short interludes of the story, and intertwined into the events of the young author's life.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Kieran Bew as Hans Christian Andersen
  * Emily Hamilton as Jette
  * Flora Montgomery as Jenny Lind
  * Simon Callow as Charles Dickens
  * Edward Atterton as Prince Christian of Denmark
  * Mathieu Carrière as Otto Goldschmidt
  * Joe Prospero as Francis Dickens
  * Charlie Hicks as Edward Dickens
  * James Fox as Jonas Collin
  
  ## Fairytales featured
  
  * The Little Match Girl
  * Thumbelina
  * The Princess and the Pea
  * The Nightingale
  * The Tinderbox
  * The Little Mermaid
  * The Steadfast Tin Soldier
  * The Ugly Duckling
  * The Snow Queen
  