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The Tinder Box

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The Tinder Box

6.5

1h 20m

1959

Synopsis

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

FantasyFamily

Cast & Crew

Rolf Ludwig

Rolf Ludwig

as Der Soldat

Heinz Schubert

Heinz Schubert

as Der Geizige

Rolf Defrank

as Der Eitle

Hannes Fischer

as Der Dicke

Hans Fiebrandt

Hans Fiebrandt

as Der König

Maria Besendahl

Maria Besendahl

as Die Königin

Senta Bonacker

as Die Kammerfrau

Bella Waldritter

as Die Hexe

Fritz Schlegel

Fritz Schlegel

as Der Wirt

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