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The Tinder Box (1959)

The Tinder Box (1959)

Fantasy Family
Release Date: 1959, April 17
Directors: Siegfried Hartmann
Countries: East Germany
Production: DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Cast: Heinz Schubert, Rolf Ludwig, Hannes Fischer, Steffie Spira, Jochen Diestelmann, Rolf Defrank, Friedrich Teitge, Johannes Maus, Maria Besendahl, Senta Bonacker, Fritz Schlegel, Bella Waldritter

Overview:

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.