The Brave Tin Soldier

The Brave Tin Soldier very closely follows the original story by Hans Christian Andersen. A one-legged tin soldier is cruelly mocked by other toys because of his deformity. The soldier falls in love with a toy ballerina who is desired by the toy king. The king exercises his military power to get the girl for himself. The tale ends tragically, with a surprisingly graphic execution by firing squad. This is probably too violent and weird for little kids. The cartoon itself is very nicely animated, perhaps even moreso than the other Ub Iwerks fairy tales. There are some celebrity caricature toys, including a Groucho Marx jack-in-the-box.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• 1930's
• 1940's
• cartoons
• the
• brave
• tin
• soldier
• u.b.
• ub
• iwerks
• brothers
• grimm
• fairy
• tale
• hans
• christian
• andersen

[angierre]

Ah, I like the Russian version (Olobyannui Soldatik) much better--especially the music; it's so sweet and tragic and much more appropriate for this sad little story.

[Christianchic907]

"The Brave Tin Soldier very closely follows the original story by Hans Christian Andersen."

Um, no it doesn't. Not at all actually.

[jeremysnyder89]

It looked really wrong when he grew his new leg in Toy Heaven.

[algerra]

Well nice try

[50percentGrey]

This cartoon must have been banned for obvious reasons.

[sociopathicregret]

6:43 grew a dick

[SteinUndStahl666]

lol, I knew they would change the ending to make it less depressing.

[MMKursch]

aaarw they're even wearing the old Danish royal army uniforms:3

[biryanifan]

@freetobeme03 Just because your toys came to life, you'd eat them? It's not like they've suddenly become farm animals.

[VGRetro]

Were the screams at 6:06 added in? I never heard them before.

[gracygoo432]

Nothin' like an old cartoon :D