The Tinder Box (1959)
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.
- Released
- 1959-04-17
- Genres
- Fantasy, Family
- Runtime
- 80 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Siegfried Hartmann, Siegfried Hartmann, Anneliese Kocialek, Fred Rodrian
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 from 18 votes
Cast
- Rolf Ludwig as Der Soldat
- Heinz Schubert as Der Geizige
- Rolf Defrank as Der Eitle
- Hannes Fischer as Der Dicke
- Hans Fiebrandt as Der König
- Maria Besendahl as Die Königin
- Senta Bonacker as Die Kammerfrau
- Bella Waldritter as Die Hexe
- Fritz Schlegel as Der Wirt
- Barbara Mehlan as Prinzessin
- Maria Wendt as Altes Mütterchen
- Steffie Spira as Köchin
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