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2002 multi-national TV series or program

Snow Queen
Official DVD cover
Based on	The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen
Teleplay by	Simon Moore
Story by	Hans Christian Andersen
Directed by	David Wu
Starring	Bridget Fonda Chelsea Hobbs Jeremy Guilbaut
Music by	Lawrence Shragge
Country of origin	United States Germany Canada
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Matthew O'Connor Michael O'Connor Pascal Verschooris
Cinematography	Gregory Middleton
Editors	Yelena Lanskaya David Wu
Running time	180 minutes
Production company	Hallmark Entertainment
Original release
Network	Hallmark Channel
Release	2002 (2002)

Snow Queen is a 2002 made-for-television film produced by Hallmark Entertainment and directed by David Wu based on the 1844 story The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen. The film stars Bridget Fonda as the title character and Chelsea Hobbs as her rival and the story's heroine, Gerda. The film originally aired on Hallmark Channel 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 diamonds 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 polar bear. Gerda (who is romantically attracted to Kai, unlike in the book where they are simply friends) 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

Bridget Fonda as Snow Queen
Chelsea Hobbs as Gerda
Jeremy Guilbaut as Kai
Robert Wisden 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
Rachel Hayward 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 as Satan

Production details

The town scenes were shot in Fort Steele, British Columbia, a heritage town in British Columbia, 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