Film · Family, Fantasy
The Tinder Box (1959)
★ 6.6 · 18 votesIMDb★ 6.6 · 369 votes1 h 20 minFamily, Fantasy1959
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.
- Director
- Siegfried Hartmann
- Writers
- Fred Rodrian, Hans Christian Andersen, Siegfried Hartmann
- Country
- XG
- Language
- German
- Release date
- April 17, 1959
- Original title
- Das Feuerzeug
The Tinder Box was released on April 17, 1959. Where to watch in United States: Eternal Family (subscription).
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The Tinder Box cast
Rolf LudwigDer Soldat
Heinz SchubertDer Geizige- Rolf DefrankDer Eitle
- Hannes FischerDer Dicke
Hans FiebrandtDer König
Maria BesendahlDie Königin- Senta BonackerDie Kammerfrau
- Bella WaldritterDie Hexe
Fritz SchlegelDer Wirt- Barbara MehlanPrinzessin
- Maria WendtAltes Mütterchen
Steffie SpiraKöchin- Johannes MausMeister Schaft
- Friedrich TeitgeSchreiber (uncredited)
Jochen DiestelmannOffizier des Königs- Kay SikorOffizier des Königs
- Jean BrahnWachsoldat
