Das Feuerzeug (1959)

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Country: East Germany
Genres: Drama, Fantasy
Release: 1959-04-18
Director: Siegfried Hartmann
Writers: Hans Christian Andersen , Margot Beichler , Siegfried Hartmann , Anneliese Kocialek
Language: German
Stars: Rolf Ludwig , Heinz Schubert , Rolf Defrank , Hannes Fischer , Hans Fiebrandt , Maria Besendahl , Senta Bonacker , Bella Waldritter , Fritz Schlegel , Barbara Mehlan
Runtime: 83 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Das Feuerzeug , Огниво (Russian Federation) , Das Feuerzeug (Germany) , The Tinder Box (United States of America) , A tűzszerszám (Hungary) , El mechero maravilloso (Spain) , Das Feuerzeug , Krzesiwo (Poland) , Das Feuerzeug (Italy)
Plot: 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.
IMDB:tt0051611