| Released | 2002 |
| Duration | 170 min |
| Director | David Wu |
| Written by | Simon Moore |
| Music | Lawrence Shragge |
| Studio | Hallmark Entertainment |
The Polar Bear.
Dan Payne as the Polar Bear Prince.
Snow Queen is a 2002 made-for-television Hallmark Entertainment film directed by David Wu and based on the story "The Snow Queen" by Hans Christian Andersen. The film originally aired on the Hallmark Channel as a two-part miniseries, but has since been released as a full-length film on DVD.
Jim Henson's Creature Shop supplied an animatronic Polar Bear. Suit performer Dan Payne also played the bear after he was transformed into a human prince.
Plot[]
Set in the present day in the north, the story focuses on Gerda, who lives in a hotel with her father Wolfgang (embittered by the death of his wife Amy years before). Gerda develops a romance with bellboy Kai, but a splinter of ice alters his personality, drawing him inexorably to the destructive Snow Queen. Kai vanishes one night, departing with the mysterious woman, but not without leaving a note asking for help. Asmonths pass, a distraught Gerda is determined to find her love, encountering the Snow Queen's siblings (representing the other three seasons), who each want to detain her. Meanwhile, Kai is trapped in a frozen castle, prevented from leaving until he reconstructs a magic mirror, unable to find an exit, and guarded by an irascible talking polar bear.
Cast[]
- Bridget Fonda as Snow Queen
- Chelsea Hobbs as Gerda
- Jeremy Guilbaut as Kai
- Robert Wisden as Wolfgang
- Jennifer Clement as Spring Witch
- Kira Clavell as Summer Princess
- Suzy Joachim as Autumn Robber
- Wanda Cannon as Minna
- Meghan Black as Robber Girl
- Duncan Fraser as Mayor
- Dan Payne as Polar Bear Puppeteer / Polar Bear Prince
- Richard Coombs as Polar Bear Puppeteer
- Jim Byrnes as Polar Bear (voice)
Jim Henson's Creature Shop[]
- Project supervisor: Jamie Courtier
- Producer: Myf Hopkins
- On set supervisor: Guy Stevens
- Art director: Sharon Smith
- Sculptor: Ian Whittaker
- Animatronic designers: Adrian Parish, Daniel Burnett, Bill Whyte
- Fabrication supervisor: Nikky Lyons
- Fabricators: Daria Gibson, Charlotte Greenwood, Helen Christie, Giselle Grant, Sarah Stammler
- Art finish supervisor: Tacy Kneale
- Electronics supervisor: Mark Ross
- Mould Shop supervisor: Kenny Wilson