The Tinder Box (1959)
Das Feuerzeug
A young soldier discovers three chests of copper, silver and gold and an old tinder-box in the hollow of an old oak tree. He is now rich. But he squanders the money until it is all gone. All he has left is the old tinder-box. He uses it to light a small pipe and three large dogs come to his rescue. Based on the fairy-tale by Hans Christian Anderson.
- Date of release
- 1959-04-17
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (18)
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Fantasy, Family
- Director
- Siegfried Hartmann
Casting
- Rolf Ludwig — Der Soldat
- Heinz Schubert — Der Geizige
- Rolf Defrank — Der Eitle
- Hannes Fischer — Der Dicke
- Hans Fiebrandt — Der König
- Maria Besendahl — Die Königin
- Senta Bonacker — Die Kammerfrau
- Bella Waldritter — Die Hexe
- Fritz Schlegel — Der Wirt
- Barbara Mehlan — Prinzessin
- Maria Wendt — Altes Mütterchen
- Steffie Spira — Köchin
Interesting facts
The Tinder Box is an East German fantasy film directed by Siegfried Hartmann. It was released in 1959.
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