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    The Tinder Box

    80'

    1959-04-17

    6.6

    Fantasy,Family

    Overview:

    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.

    WritingFred RodrianDirectingSiegfried Hartmann

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    Cast

    1

    Der Soldat

    Rolf Ludwig

    1

    Der Geizige

    Heinz Schubert

    1

    Der Eitle

    Rolf Defrank

    1

    Der Dicke

    Hannes Fischer

    1

    Der König

    Hans Fiebrandt

    1

    Die Königin

    Maria Besendahl

    1

    Die Kammerfrau

    Senta Bonacker

    1

    Die Hexe

    Bella Waldritter

    1

    Der Wirt

    Fritz Schlegel

    1

    Prinzessin

    Barbara Mehlan

    1

    Altes Mütterchen

    Maria Wendt

    1

    Köchin

    Steffie Spira

    1

    Meister Schaft

    Johannes Maus

    1

    Schreiber (uncredited)

    Friedrich Teitge

    1

    Offizier des Königs

    Jochen Diestelmann

    1

    Offizier des Königs

    Kay Sikor

    1

    Wachsoldat

    Jean Brahn

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. East Germany
    • List of languages:
      1. German
    • List of companies:
      1. DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
    • Vote Count: 18
    • Popularity: 0.3913
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Das Feuerzeug

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