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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.
Directed by
Jules Bass
Written by
Arthur Rankin Jr.
Hayley Mills
The Little Mermaid (voice)
Paul O'Keefe
Chris
Tallulah Bankhead
The Sea Witch (voice)
Bernard Cowan
Patty Duke
Thumbelina (voice)
Boris Karloff
The Rat (voice)
Margaret Hamilton
Mrs. Klopplebobbler
Ray Bolger
The Pieman
Ed Wynn
The Emperor (voice)
Burl Ives
Father Neptune (voice)
Robert Goulet
Singer (voice)
Jack Gilford
Papa Andersen
Sessue Hayakawa
The Mole (voice)
Terry-Thomas
Brig. Zachary Zilch, the First Tailor (voice)
Victor Borge
Zenith, the Second Tailor (voice)
Cyril Ritchard
The Sandman (voice)
Robert Harter
Big Claus
Larry D. Mann
Various (voice)
Billie Mae Richards
Various (voice)
James Daugherty
Various (voice)
William Marine
Various (voice)
Al Hirschfeld

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