Underplayed Gems

The Snow Queen (1986)

The Snow Queen poster
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
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The catalogue in 3D

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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.

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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)

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