The Tinder Box
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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The Tinder Box
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Status
Released
Release Date
Apr 17, 1959
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Fantasy, Family
User Score
70%
Original Title
Das Feuerzeug
Production Companies
DEFA
Director
Siegfried Hartmann
Description
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.
