The Staunch Tin Soldier

Duration: 26

Year Published: 1971

Creator: Ake Soderquist

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Tells, in a mixture of live action and pixillation, Hans Christian Andersen's tale of the one-legged tin soldier who loves a paper ballerina. Uses flashbacks from a birthday party of a little Dutch boy to allow Andersen to tell the children of the soldier's adventures. Recounts how the soldier falls from a window, sails in a paper boat, is eaten by a fish, and finally returns home., At a birthday party for a little boy, Hans Christian Andersen tells the story of the toy soldier with one leg. In live-action flashbacks, the film follows the little soldier as he falls out the window, is eaten by a fish and finally returns to his first home.

Complete Record: Tells, in a mixture of live action and pixillation, Hans Christian Andersen's tale of the one-legged tin soldier who loves a paper ballerina. Uses flashbacks from a birthday party of a little Dutch boy to allow Andersen to tell the children of the soldier's adventures. Recounts how the soldier falls from a window, sails in a paper boat, is eaten by a fish, and finally returns home., At a birthday party for a little boy, Hans Christian Andersen tells the story of the toy soldier with one leg. In live-action flashbacks, the film follows the little soldier as he falls out the window, is eaten by a fish and finally returns to his first home. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.