Overview

TV transcript of the fairy tale story H. Ch. Andersen's fairytale story about the desire for happiness and the need to forgive in order to find true happiness. Two families lived in one house - a rich general and his daughter Emilia upstairs, and his landlord and his son George in the basement apartment. The two children liked each other very much, but their friendship was thwarted by Emilie's mother. So when one day the rich patron discovered Georg's talent and took him with him to Italy, Georg carried a piece of bitterness in his heart. When he returned some time later as a successful and famous painter, he could not resist returning his humiliation to the impoverished general's family. But love is stronger than revenge...

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