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The Tinder Box

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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.

Directed bySiegfried Hartmann

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 20m
Language
DE
Released
April 17, 1959
Studios
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Rolf Ludwig

Rolf Ludwig

Der Soldat

Heinz Schubert

Heinz Schubert

Der Geizige

Rolf Defrank

Der Eitle

Hannes Fischer

Der Dicke

Hans Fiebrandt

Hans Fiebrandt

Der König

Maria Besendahl

Maria Besendahl

Die Königin

Senta Bonacker

Die Kammerfrau

Bella Waldritter

Die Hexe

Fritz Schlegel

Fritz Schlegel

Der Wirt

Barbara Mehlan

Prinzessin

Creative team
Directed by
Siegfried Hartmann
Siegfried Hartmann
Written by
Fred Rodrian
Siegfried Hartmann
Siegfried Hartmann

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