The Tinder Box

The Tinder Box

80 mins | Family, Fantasy | April 17, 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.

The Tinder Box

80 mins | Family, Fantasy | April 17, 1959

The Tinder Box
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers DEFA
Original title Das Feuerzeug
Directors Siegfried Hartmann
Writers Fred Rodrian, Anneliese Kocialek, Hans Christian Andersen, Siegfried Hartmann

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

Johannes Maus

as Meister Schaft

Friedrich Teitge

as Schreiber (uncredited)

Jochen Diestelmann

as Offizier des Königs

Kay Sikor

as Offizier des Königs

Jean Brahn

as Wachsoldat