The dark and complex tale of The Snow Queen is brought to life this winter in a stunning and 
magical mix of music and song, animation and 'live' drama.

 

BBC Worldwide is releasing, on DVD on 05.12.05, a rich and haunting interpretation of 
Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale which has been specially commissioned by the BBC 
and is scheduled to be on our screens this Christmas.

 

This distinctive adaptation stars Juliet Stevenson (Mona Lisa Smile, Emma) Kenneth Welsh 
(The Aviator, Twin Peaks) and features the voice of Patrick Stewart (Star Trek: The Next Generation).

 

Powerful performances are set against striking animated backgrounds, with songs and music composed by 
Paul K Joyce and performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. This co-production by Total Eclipse TV, 
PKJ Music and Amberwood Productions is set to become a television classic.

 

The tale of how innocence and love, in the shape of the heroine Gerda, can overcome the evil power of 
their nemesis, the Snow Queen, takes us on a journey through the Enchanted Flower Garden, on a flight 
through the Northern Lights and into the palace of the Snow Queen herself - a figure powerful enough 
to 'tie all the winds of the world together'.

 

We meet talking flowers, the helpful raven and reindeer, the Finland woman and the Lapland woman, 
a band of robbers and a whole royal family. And finally Gerda's tears bring the hero, Kay, back to 
warmth and life and Spring returns to the countryside.

 

And all the while we are reminded that splinters of an ancient, broken, enchanted looking glass are 
in the air around us waiting to fly into an unsuspecting eye, like Kay's, and turn a good heart to a 
lump of ice - and a good person into a gift for the Snow Queen.

 

This delightful DVD is released in the bi-centenary year of the birth of Hans Christian Andersen and 
also includes a behind-the-scenes feature with an exclusive look at the creative process involved 
in producing The Snow Queen. 




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