''Snow Queen'' is a 2002 made-for-television film produced by

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and directed by

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based on the 1844 story ''

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'' by

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. The film stars

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as the title character and

Chelsea Hobbs Chelsea Hobbs (born February 18, 1985) is a Canadian actress. She is known for roles such as Gerda in the 2002 television film '' Snow Queen'' and Emily Kmetko in the ABC Family teen drama '' Make It or Break It''. Early life Hobbs attended an ...

as her rival and the story's heroine, Gerda. The film originally aired on

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as a two-part miniseries, but has since been released as a full-length film on DVD in the United States. The DVD was released in the United Kingdom on November 9, 2009 and in Australia on September 2, 2011. This was Bridget Fonda's last acting role before her retirement.

Plot

Gerda lives in a remote hotel in the far North with her father, her only real companion being the hotel's new bellboy, Kai. A mysterious woman comes to stay at the hotel, dressed in white fur and

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s and accompanied by wolves. She is the Snow Queen and in the middle of the night she disappears, taking Kai away with her to her distant palace, where he is tasked to put together a large broken mirror, while guarded by a

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. Gerda sets off to rescue Kai, having to journey through Spring, Summer and Autumn, in order to finally reach the Winter domain of the Snow Queen.

Cast

as Snow Queen *

as Gerda * Jeremy Guilbaut as Kai *

Robert Wisden Robert Charles Wisden (Brighton, 2 June 1958) is an English actor who has an extensive career in Canadian and American film and television, for which he has won a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a ...

as Wolfgang * Wanda Cannon as Minna * Meghan Black as Robber Girl * Jennifer Clement as Spring Witch * Kira Clavell as Summer Princess * Suzy Joachim as Autumn Robber * Duncan Fraser as Mayor *

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as Amy * Jessie Borgstrom as 8-year-old Gerda * Robert D. Jones as Priest * Alexander Hoy as Chen * Trever Havixbeck as Sergeant at Arms *

John DeSantis John DeSantis, sometimes credited as John De Santis or John Desantis, (born November 13, 1973) is a Canadian character actor, best known as Lurch on the Fox Family show '' The New Addams Family''."A true rags to riches tale" ''Times Colonist'' ...

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Production details

* The town scenes were shot in

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, a heritage town in

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, Canada * The interior of the White Bear Hotel was a set built on a sound stage, the same set being covered in synthetic snow for later scenes

Awards

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(2003) * Best Single Television Presentation - Nominated Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards (2003) * Best Cinematography in TV Drama - Won

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(2003) * Best Female Lead Performance in a Feature Length Drama (

) - Nominated * Best Overall Sound in a Feature Length Drama - Nominated

References

External links

*
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