The Snow Queen (1986)

Original title

Lumikuningatar

Directed by

Päivi Hartzell

Genre

fantasy film, cinematic fairy tale, children's film

Country

Finland

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

6

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young girl named Gerda sets out to rescue her friend Kai who has been taken by the Snow Queen. She travels through a wintry landscape and meets various characters along the way.

fairy-talewhimsicalcoldvisually quaintslow-pacedsomberadventurousserene

What happens

The Snow Queen (Finnish: Lumikuningatar) is a 1986 Finnish fantasy film directed by Päivi Hartzell, based on the eponymous 1844 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. It was an exceptionally large film production at the time it was made in Finland, with a total cost of more than 6 million Finnish marks. The Finnish Film Foundation participated in the financing of the film with 2,885,000 Finnish marks. The film was selected as the Finnish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 60th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• The Snow Queen (1957)
• Die Schneekönigin (2014)
• The Snow Queen (2005)
• Labyrinth (1986)
• Snow Queen (2002)
• The Snow Queen (1967)
• The Secret of the Snow Queen (1986)
• Shadows in Paradise (1986)