Danny Kaye - Beautiful beautiful Copenhagen

From the movie Hans Christian Andersen

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  Film & Animation

[HelenGIE]

well.. i find it a little annoying that H.C. Andersen is described this way. I know the film's just for entertainment, but this is really, really incorrect. He was actually depressed, insecure, deeply selfish and most of his fairy tales have sad endings. I still think he's a great author, and he can be that without being a perfect and blithering cliché .

[DJ Kinney]

Why are the comments on this video so freakin' angry?!

[rajma]

First film I ever saw - first foreign city I ever visited.

[maraja610]

Uno dei ricordi più belli della mia infanzia

[Michael Stratford]

I completely agree--a buoyant chap like Danny Kaye has no business playing the part of a children's writer with a dark side (so many of them had one!). If you can't get the charm of his writings without making him a simpleton bordering on active idiocy, maybe his tales, not his life, are better subjects for a GOOD children's film. A good children's film, by the way, is one intelligent adults can enjoy, and one that respects viewers of all ages. 

[ChallengeDK]

If you weren't taught about the Holocaust at all in school, I think your experiences goes contrary to the vast majority of Americans.

[Trialk Angedint]

How charming and good is it to see it back here Thanx 

[mjb784533]

The mispronunciation of the city name in the song and throughout the movie has already been discussed, but how did the poster miss the title of song??!! Wonderful Wonderful, not Beautiful Beautiful. A Dane posted that since they are a small country, HCA is one of the few things they have to be proud of. They REALLY have their rescue of the Jews during WW II to be PROUD of, and there is a great museum about it near the Little Mermaid statue. And don't forget Victor Borge!

[leprechaundude83]

One day when I go to Copenhagen this will be the first thing that comes to my mind.

[SukieTawdry1000]

"Hans Christian Andersen" is playing on TCM right now. "Copenhagen" is a great song. It's a very nice movie even if it does play fast and loose with Andersen's real life. Loved his original stories (before Disney got a hold of them) when I was a kid--sad endings and all (ever read the original Grimm Bros tales? talk about dark).

[lustre5]

A tribute to Danny Kaye is due on TCM including this delightful movie. Loved playing the music on the piano when I was a child.

[korrel lee]

i loved this when i was a little gril <3