The Fairytales

Season

2003

Denmark

8

Animated adaptations of Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairy tales. The series celebrates his 200th birthday using a narrative style and wit updated to suit present day audience.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Lille Idas blomster

Little Ida is sad because her flowers have wilted. She can't understand how they were blooming yesterday, and today, they look faded and tired. Hans, her tutor and a great storyteller, explains that the flowers have been at the Flower's Ball, and are exhausted from dancing all night. Ida puts the flowers to sleep in her dolls bed so they might recover. That night Ida hears a sound from the playroom and decided to take a peek.

S1 • E2

Prinsessen på ærten

Inside the palace the Prince is sulking because he has failed to find a princess he can love. The royal parents are tired of their son's quest across the world and their kingdom is falling apart. Outside a storm is raging. A feisty wet young lady claiming to be a princess knocks on the palace door seeking shelter from the storm. The Queen decides to put her to the "Real Princess Test" to make sure she really is who she says she is.

S1 • E3

Kejserens nye klæder

The Emperor is very concerned about fashion. So when two great "aristes" of fashion design come to his palace with letters of recommendation from the best dressed leaders of the world, he fires his trusty tailor. The "artistes" immediately start creating the finest clothes ever seen by human eyes. In fact, so fine that only those who are smart, very competent, and fit to hold their office in his court, will be able to see his new clothes...

S1 • E4

Den lille havfrue

The youngest Princess of the mermaids falls in love with a human Prince.

S1 • E5

Nattergalen

S1 • E6

Fyrtøjet

S1 • E7

Loppen og professoren

S1 • E8

Den grimme ælling

Mother Duck has found a strange egg amongst her duck eggs, which hatches into a most ugly duckling. The Ugly Duckling quickly finds that he has upset the strict social structure of the farmyard just by being different. When the taunting turns to violence the Ugly Duckling has to flee for his life.