The Fairytaler

The Fairytaler
GenreAnimation
Anthology
Fantasy
Adventure
Cartoon series
Written byHans Christian Andersen
Directed byJørgen Lerdam
Voices ofHenrik Koefoed
Ditte Gråbøl
Thomas Mørk
Søren Spanning
Kaya Brüel
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Nicola Coughlan
Narrated byHenrik Koefoed
Countries of originDenmark
Ireland
Germany
Original languagesDanish
English
German
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26 (31 segments)
Production
Executive producers
  • Ralph Chrisitians
  • Tom Van Waveran
  • Poul Kofod
  • Andres Mastrup
Producers
  • Michael Christensen
  • Daina Sacco
  • Maeve McAdam
Running time26 min.
Production companies
Original release
NetworkSuper RTL (Germany)
Release30 November 2003 (2003-11-30)

The Fairytaler (Danish: Der var engang...) is an animated television series based on the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen.[1] It was the second anthology series adapted from Hans Christian Andersen's works after Andersen Stories.

The series premiered in Germany on Super RTL on November 30, 2003.[2] In Denmark, it debuted on May 13, 2004, on DR1 with two episodes, and then resumed on December 27.[3][4]

An English dub was eventually produced in later years.

List of episodes

  1. The Little Mermaid
  2. The Emperor's New Clothes
  3. The Nightingale
  4. The Tinderbox
  5. The Ugly Duckling
  6. The Wild Swans
  7. The Hardy Tin Soldier
  8. The Travelling Companion
  9. The Swineherd
  10. The Flying Trunk
  11. The Beetle
  12. What the Old Man Does is Right
  13. The Galoshes of Fortune
  14. The Golden Treasure
  15. The Professor and the Flea
  16. The Fir-Tree
  17. The Snow Queen, Part 1
  18. The Snow Queen, Part 2
  19. The Snowman (half-long episode)
  20. The Bottleneck
  21. Thumbelina
  22. The Jumper (half-long episode)
  23. Jack The Fool
  24. It's Quite True (half-long episode)
  25. Ollie Shuteye (half-long episode)
  26. The Lovers (half-long episode)
  27. Little Ida's Flowers (half-long episode)
  28. The Princess and the Pea (half-long episode)
  29. The Gardener and the Family (half-long episode)
  30. Sausage Peg Soup (half-long episode)
  31. The Old Street Lamp (half-long episode)

Production

Development for the series began in December 1999, when Egmont's animation unit Egmont Imagination had collaborated with Irish animation company Magma Films to develop and produce a traditionally animated anthology TV series adaptation that would bring all of Hans Christian Andersen's works under one programme in order to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Hans Christian Andersen in 2005 with the former handling a distribution.[5] Later in April 2000, during production, the series became a Danish/Irish/German co-production when Munich-based German kids & family entertainment company EM.TV & Merchandising had joined to the production alongside Egmont Imagination and Magma Films with EM.TV sharing distribution rights to the series with Egmont Imagination.[6] EM.TV & Merchandising later dropped out from the production when the series was renamed to HC: Andersen, becoming a Danish/Irish co-production and A.Film Production (who produced the film Help! I'm a Fish with Egmont Imagination) took over and handled the series' animation, while the broadcaster DR ordered the series to air on the network alongside German TV channel Super RTL.[7]

Broadcast

Toon-A-Vision began broadcasting the series in Canada in 2022.

References

  1. ↑ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Company. pp. 104–105. ISBN 9781476672939.
  2. ↑ KG, imfernsehen GmbH & Co (2003-11-30). WunderZunderFunkelZauber (in German). Retrieved 2026-03-05 – via www.fernsehserien.de.
  3. ↑ "Der var engang". DR (in Danish). 2004-11-12. Retrieved 2026-03-05.
  4. ↑ "Der var engang: H.C. Andersens Eventyr". danskfilmogtv.dk. Retrieved 2026-03-05.
  5. ↑ "Production Gears Up for Action". IFTN. December 10, 1999.
  6. ↑ "Cool new shows". Kidscreen. April 1, 2000.
  7. ↑ "Egmont and Southern Star team up for Tracey McBean". C21Media. May 8, 2001.


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