Young Andersen (2005)

Original title

Unge Andersen

Directed by

Rumle Hammerich

Genre

drama film

Country

Sweden

Rated

7

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This series follows the teenage years of Hans Christian Andersen as he attends a boarding school and later moves to Copenhagen. It shows his struggles to fit in and find his voice as a writer while dealing with rejection and hardship.

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What happens

Young Andersen (Danish: Unge Andersen) is a 2005 two-part Danish television serial directed by Rumle Hammerich and co-written by Hammerich and Ulf Stark. It chronicles the formative boarding school years of fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen and his subsequent arrival at Copenhagen where he struggles for success and recognition. It is produced principally by Nordisk Film, while additional production funding was provided by SVT and NRK. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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