Movie
The Daydreamer
1966 · 101 min
A gentle, dreamlike musical fantasy that blends stop-motion puppetry with live action, inviting you into a childlike world of imagination and fairy-tale wonder.
- Directed by
- Jules Bass
- Genres
- Animation, Adventure, Family
- Starring
- Paul O'Keefe, Jack Gilford, Margaret Hamilton
- Tagline
- Before the Little Mermaid, there was...
- Overview
- A young Hans Christian Andersen goes in search of knowledge in the Garden of Paradise in order to make his studies easier. Each time he falls asleep, he experiences in his dreams the different characters he would later write about in fairy tales including The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, and The Emperor's New Clothes.
- How it feels
- Whimsical, warm, light and earnest. Measured and easy to follow.
- About
- Coming-of-age, family, immigration, art
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Jules Bass
- Genres
- Animation, Adventure, Family
- Starring
- Paul O'Keefe, Jack Gilford, Margaret Hamilton
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