The Daydreamer (1966)

In this hybrid of live-action and stop-motion animation, 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.

• based on fairy tale
• cobbler
• fable
• fairy tale
• garden of eden
• live action and animation
• quest
• stop motion