Svinedrengen og prinsessen på ærten (1962)

Directed by

Poul Ilsøe, Bent Christensen

Genre

animated film, children's film

Country

Denmark

Runtime

1h 05m

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This Danish animated film combines two Hans Christian Andersen stories. It follows a prince who disguises himself as a swineherd to win a princess, and a princess who proves her royal status by feeling a pea through many mattresses.

whimsicallightheartedfairy-taleplayfulclassicgently humorouschildlikemusical

What happens

Svinedrengen og prinsessen på ærten (literally The Swineherd and the Princess on the Pea) is a 1962 Danish animated film directed by Poul Ilsøe and starring Dirch Passer. It is based, respectively, on the Hans Christian Andersen tales The Swineherd and "The Princess and the Pea. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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