The Tinder Box (film)

The Tinder Box
The Tinder Box
	Poster (1978) by Matthias Claus
Directed by
Written by	Hans Christian Andersen; Siegfried Hartmann;
Starring	Rolf Ludwig
Release date	18 April 1959;
Running time	83 minutes
Country	East Germany
Language	German

The Tinder Box (German: Das Feuerzeug) is an East German fantasy film directed by . It was released in 1959.

It was later purchased by the BBC and shown as part of their "Tales From Europe" series of dubbed films on children's television, first shown in 1964 and repeated in 1970 and 1972.^[1]

Cast[]

Rolf Ludwig as Der Soldat / The Soldier
Heinz Schubert as Der Geizige / The Miser
as Der Eitle / The Vain Man
Hannes Fischer as Der Dicke / The Fat Man
as Der König / The King
as The Queen
as Die Kammerfrau / The Lady-in-waiting
as Der Wirt / The Innkeeper
as Die Prinzessin / The Princess
as Altes Mütterchen / The Old Woman

Reception[]

The picture sold 5,429,103 tickets.^[2]

References[]

External links[]

The Tinder Box at IMDb

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[1] The Tinderbox, Genome

[2] List of the 50 highest-grossing DEFA films.

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