The Steadfast Tin Soldier (1984)

Director
David Winters

Main cast
Robert Shields; Josh Tenney; Lorene Yarnell Jansson

Genres
Family

Description
Version of the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen with the American mime team Shields and Yarnell.


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