The Tinder Box

The Tinder Box (1959)


  • Genre: Fantasy, Family
  • Release Date: 1959-04-17
  • User Rating: 7/10 from 12 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 20min
  • Language: Deutsch
  • Production Company: DEFA
  • Production Country: East Germany
  • Director: Siegfried Hartmann
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Summary

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.

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  • 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
Directing Siegfried Hartmann Director
Writing Siegfried Hartmann Screenplay
Writing Anneliese Kocialek Screenplay
Writing Fred Rodrian Screenplay
Camera Erich Gusko Director of Photography
Editing Hildegard Conrad Editor
Art Hans Poppe Set Designer
Costume & Make-Up Marianne Schmidt Costume Design
Camera Hannes Schneider Still Photographer
Sound Siegfried Bethmann Original Music Composer
Writing Hans Christian Andersen Original Story
Crew Margot Beichler Dramaturgy

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