After her mother's death, a peasant girl named Karen is adopted while still very young by a rich old lady and, as such, grows … See more

Andersen named the story's anti-heroine Karen after his own loathed half-sister, Karen Marie Andersen. The story is based on an incident Andersen witnessed as a small child. His father, who was a shoemaker… See more

• The Red Shoes is a 1948 British feature film about ballet based on the fairy tale.
• While living in Denmark in 1965, American jazz saxophonist Sahib Shihab composed the score to a jazz ballet based on Andersen'… See more

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