This version of Hans Christian Anderson's The Snow Queen is a British production for TV. Gerda, a young girl, befriends a freezing orphan and they become inseparatable. The Snow Queen had almost had him before she rescues him, and he tells Gerda that he has seen her and if he opens the window, she will see the Snow Queen, too. He opens the window and the Snow Queen sees him. Gerda makes him shut the window because she is cold but not before he gets something in his eye. After that he changes and become mean, and one day he disappears. Gerda goes to rescue him from the Snow Queen, braving odd and dangerous beings.
The film has some odd effects which at first I thought was bad PAL to NTSC transfer. They were somewhat like the dream sequences in Gladiator. Once I realized it was intentional, it didn't bother me at all. There is a lot of sweet music in the background which made me think this was a musical, but none of the characters break out in song. The Snow Queen herself is portrayed in a very beautiful and haunting way.
All in all I enjoyed this rendering and give it 4/5 acorns.
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