The Tinder Box
6.6
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
Der Soldat
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Heinz Schubert
Der Geizige
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The Counterfeiters
Funeral in Berlin
Rolf Defrank
Der Eitle
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Feuerzeichen
Ein Mann von gestern
Hannes Fischer
Der Dicke
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Ernst Schneller
The Farmer's Clever Daughter
Hans Fiebrandt
Der König
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Schatten über Notre Dame
Geheime Spuren
Maria Besendahl
Die Königin
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The Singing Ringing Tree
Port of Freedom
Senta Bonacker
Die Kammerfrau
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Der Mann, der nach der Oma kam
Natürlich die Nelli!
Bella Waldritter
Die Hexe
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The Opportunists
Katzgraben
Fritz Schlegel
Der Wirt
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The Golden Goose
Snow White
Barbara Mehlan
Prinzessin
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Natürlich die Nelli!
Maria Wendt
Altes Mütterchen
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The Beacon
Mich dürstet
Steffie Spira
Köchin
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Snow White
Florentiner 73
Siegfried Hartmann Director · Anneliese Kocialek Screenplay Fred Rodrian Screenplay
First release April 17, 1959 · Produced in XG, Germany · Production DEFA
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
DEFA
Production
XG · Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Das Feuerzeug
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · April 17, 1959
Theatrical · East Germany
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
April 26, 1961 · Theatrical · West Germany
Russia
December 26, 1960 · Theatrical
January 8, 1962 · TV
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