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The Tinder Box
Quick Facts
DirectorSiegfried Hartmann
Runtime1h 20m · 0
GenresFamily · Fantasy
Release1959-04-17
Film

The Tinder Box

1959· 0· 1h 20m· Family· Fantasy

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.

1959-04-17
The Tinder Box

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Key Crew
Director of PhotographyErich Gusko
Original Music ComposerSiegfried Bethmann
Full cast & crew (17 cast · 12 crew)

Details

Released1959-04-17
Runtime1h 20m · 0
StatusReleased
StudiosDEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
LanguagesGerman
CountriesEast Germany
Rating6.6/10 · 18 votes
Original languagede

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