1959
6.9 (13 votes)
1h 20m
Genres
Fantasy
Family
Production Companies
DEFA
The Tinder Box (Das Feuerzeug)
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.
Key Crew
Director of Photography: Erich Gusko
Director: Siegfried Hartmann
Screenplay: Fred Rodrian, Siegfried Hartmann, Anneliese Kocialek
