H.C. Andersen's The Long Shadow (1998)

Original title

H.C. Andersen og den skæve skygge

Directed by

Jannik Hastrup

Genre

animated film

Country

France, Denmark, Sweden, Norway

Runtime

1h 18m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This animated film adapts Hans Christian Andersen's story about a man whose shadow becomes a living being. The shadow takes on a life of its own and eventually overtakes the man, exploring identity and isolation.

whimsicalmelancholicdreamlikebittersweetreflectivepoeticslow-pacedthought-provoking

What happens

H.C. Andersens skugga (danska: H.C. Andersen og den skæve skygge) är en dansk animerad film från 1998 i regi av Jannik Hastrup efter ett manus av Bent Haller baserad på sagan Skuggan av H.C. Andersen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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