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A Tale Teller for Our Times

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4/5. The Red Shoes. The Powell/Pressburger film brought parts of Hans Christian Andersen 's fairy story to a cinema audience but the tale itself is much less well known and far more disturbing. Why did Andersen display such a ruthlessly violent streak and what were his secret fears while writing it? For details see Monday

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