Underplayed Gems

The Snow Queen (1995)

The Snow Queen poster
Directed by
Martin Gates
Genre
fantasy film, musical film, children's film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 15m
Rated
G
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 24 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An evil Snow Queen tries to plunge the world into eternal winter using a magic mirror. When the mirror breaks and pieces get inside a boy named Tom, his sister Ellie and a sparrow named Peeps go on a journey to rescue him.

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What happens

The Snow Queen is a 1995 British animated fantasy adventure film co-written, directed and produced by Martin Gates and inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's 1844 fairy tale The Snow Queen, featuring Helen Mirren in the title role. In the film, the evil Snow Queen plans to use an enormous magic mirror to so that it will plunge the world into an eternal winter so she can rule it, but when the mirror shatters and a couple of pieces enters the young Tom's body, she kidnaps him to have all the pieces. Tom's sister Ellie and her friend, Peeps the sparrow, set out to rescue him before it is too late. A direct sequel, The Snow Queen's Revenge, was released the following year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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