The Snow Queen (2005 film)
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The Snow Queen is a 2005 BBC television film commissioned by Michael Carrington that is based on the 1844 Hans Christian Andersen fairytale of The Snow Queen. Directed by Julian Gibbs, it stars Juliet Stevenson as Gerda's mother and the voice of Patrick Stewart as the raven.
The Snow Queen | |
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Directed by | Julian Dominic Gibbs |
Written by | Hans Christian Andersen (original story) James Andrew Hall |
Based on | The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen |
Starring | Sydney Rae White Juliet Stevenson Patrick Stewart (voice) |
Music by | Paul K. Joyce |
Production companies | Amberwood Entertainment SQ Productions |
Distributed by | BBC Worldwide |
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Running time | 56 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | 40,000,000$ |
This film was originally conceived as a vehicle for music composed by Paul K. Joyce. A set of operatic songs had been written by Paul K. Joyce for a concert at the Barbican Arts Centre held in 2003. The songs narrated the fairytale of The Snow Queen and featured Sydney Rae White as the lead girl soprano, Juliet Stevenson as the narrator and the London Symphony Orchestra providing instrumentals. Due to the success of the concert, a full-fledged film was developed around the original songs, and in which Sydney White and Juliet Stevenson returned to contribute as actresses.
The songs written by Paul K. Joyce are central to the film, providing main narration throughout the story. Actual dialogue is sparse, and most notable is that the Snow Queen herself has no lines. The story also focuses entirely on Gerda's journey, with all others, including Kay himself, acting as supporting characters. However, the character of the Raven (voiced by Patrick Stewart) was given more prominence as he follows Gerda throughout her entire journey.