The Snow Queen

Snow Queen, BBC, 2006

HRH and I watched the 2006 BBC version of The Snow Queen this evening. I've never seen an entire film like it. It was like watching a memory. It had a very strong fairy tale feeling. As you would expect, they toned down a few parts and yet there were still pieces that were deemed "Scary". And the music matched the mood.

When I was a child, I lived in fairy tales. I read every one I could get my hands on. But this child of mine... less so. She lives in the real world. She has never read The Snow Queen. When I bring out my treasured volumes of Grimms or Hans Christian Anderson, or even all the lovely Fairy Books of many colors edited by Andrew Lang, they are considered either too scary, or too boring, and sometimes (as in the case of the Snow Queen), both.

But she liked this movie. And I liked it too.