Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates

Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates (1958)

In Holland, poor but industrious and honorable 15-year-old Hans Brinker and his younger sister yearn to participate in December's great ice skating race on the canal.

Date of release
1958-02-09
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Family, Music, TV Movie
Director
Sidney Lumet, George Schaefer

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates

Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates is a 1958 American television adaptation of the story of Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates, directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Tab Hunter in the title role. It was broadcast by NBC as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame.

Production

Hunter was cast in part because he was a competitive ice skater when younger, as well as being a singer. He wrote in his memoirs, "At twenty-seven, I was a little long in the tooth to be playing teenage Hans but then there weren't too many actors around could sing and not embarrass themselves on the ice opposite the Olympic iceskating champion Dick Button, who brought incredible pizzazz to the skating scenes.

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