Gerda has grown to hate the winter because of this and the family has not been able to move on.
Gerda, along with her father, Wolfgang, is in mourning over the death of her mother who died nine years previously by freezing to death in the woods. Another significant change is that the opening and ending sections of the film take place in a modern 'realistic' setting, while Gerda and Kai's adventures are dream-like and surreal. Most prominently is that Gerda and Kai are openly romantically attached to each other, instead of simply being friends. The film features a number of significant changes from Hans Christian Andersen's story. This was Bridget Fonda's last acting role before her retirement. The DVD was released in the United Kingdom on Novemand in Australia on September 2, 2011. 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 film stars Bridget Fonda as the title character and Chelsea Hobbs as her rival and the story's heroine, Gerda.
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.
