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  • The Wild Swans (2009)
  • 60 min | Adventure, Drama
The Wild Swans (2009)
60 min | Adventure, Drama

A little Princess, Elisa, is living happily with her eleven brothers when their father, the old King, remarries. Bedazzled by his new Queen's beauty and powers of enchantment, he sends Elisa away. Meanwhile the Queen transforms her ...See moreA little Princess, Elisa, is living happily with her eleven brothers when their father, the old King, remarries. Bedazzled by his new Queen's beauty and powers of enchantment, he sends Elisa away. Meanwhile the Queen transforms her brothers into swans. When Elisa returns as an adult, her father is unable to recognize her, and she is hounded out of the kingdom. With the help of an old woman, the fairy Fata Morgana in disguise, she tracks down her brothers. They are now swans by day, and human beings by night. Elisa vows to do everyting in her power to save her brothers. Fata Morgana comes to her in a dream and shows her how she must weave eleven coarse shirts from flax made of stinging nettles, in order that her brothers may regain human form. Until the task is accomplished, she must not speak a word. Meanwhile, a young King of the new land comes upon Elisa, and is smitten with her. He makes her his Queen, despite the protestations of the Archbishop, who regards her as a witch. One night, while she is picking stinging nettles in the churchyard, he informs the King of what she is doing. The people condemn her to be burned at the stake, but despite this, she manages to finish making the nettle shirts, so that the eleven swans can once more become Princes. Now, she is free to speak. She declares her innocence, and accepts the King's love. Written by JJ Film See less
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Writers
Per Brink Abrahamsen (story editor) | Hans Christian Andersen (fairy tale) | H.M. Queen Margrethe of Denmark (screenplay) (as Margrethe II) | Jesper W. Nielsen (screenplay)
Producer
Composer
Svend Skipper (as Svenn Skipper)
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Sep 11, 2009 (Denmark)

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38 cast members
Name Known for
Benedikte Hansen
Dronningen Dronningen   See fewer
Ghita Nørby
Fatamorgana / Den gamle kone Fatamorgana / Den gamle kone   See fewer
Søren Sætter-Lassen
Ærkebiskop Ærkebiskop   See fewer
Thure Lindhardt
Prins Albrecht Prins Albrecht   See fewer
Helle Hertz
Berthe Berthe   See fewer
Mads M. Nielsen
Den unge konge Den unge konge   See fewer
Mads Hjulmand
Prins Eberhard Prins Eberhard   See fewer
Frej Spangsberg Lorenzen
Prins Konrad Prins Konrad   See fewer
Emma B. Marott
Unge Elisa (as Emma Bendtzen Marrot) Unge Elisa (as Emma Bendtzen Marrot)   See fewer
Heidi Ryom
Lamia Lamia   See fewer
Emil Johan Lykke Andersen
Ung prins #1 Ung prins #1   See fewer
Ludvig Philip Bach
Ung prins #2 Ung prins #2   See fewer
Viggo Christensen
Ung prins #3 Ung prins #3   See fewer
Jonas Leth Hansen
Ung prins #4 Ung prins #4   See fewer
Kasper Leth Hansen
Ung prins #5 Ung prins #5   See fewer
Jonas Emil Hemmingsen
Ung prins #6 Ung prins #6   See fewer
Anders Thorup Olsen
Ung prins #7 Ung prins #7   See fewer
Mads Villum Petersen
Ung prins #8 Ung prins #8   See fewer
Lukas Toya
Ung prins #9 Ung prins #9   See fewer
Tobias Vegge Andersen
Voksen prins #1 Voksen prins #1   See fewer
Thomas Fokdal Christiansen
Voksen prins #2 Voksen prins #2   See fewer
Kristoffer Dalsgård
Voksen prins #3 Voksen prins #3   See fewer
Christian Daugaard
Voksen prins #4 Voksen prins #4   See fewer
Mikkel Johansen
Voksen prins #5 Voksen prins #5   See fewer
Sebastian Mogensen
Voksen prins #6 Voksen prins #6   See fewer
Timmie Rasmussen
Voksen prins #7 Voksen prins #7   See fewer
Per Weihrauch
Voksen prins #8 Voksen prins #8   See fewer
Mark Enticknap
Prince Albrecht (voice) Prince Albrecht (voice)   See fewer
Theodora Greece
Elisa (voice) Elisa (voice)   See fewer
Henry Hereford
The Young King The Young King   See fewer
Roger Moore
Archbishop (voice) Archbishop (voice)   See fewer
Per Brink Abrahamsen
Byborger (uncredited) Byborger (uncredited)   See fewer
H.M. Queen Margrethe of Denmark
Byborger (uncredited) Byborger (uncredited)   See fewer
Nathalie Johnston
Lady in waiting (uncredited) Lady in waiting (uncredited)   See fewer
Tommy Prang Vonsyld
Bøddel (uncredited) Bøddel (uncredited)   See fewer
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