- Source: The Tinder Box (film)
- Source: The Tinderbox (film)
The Tinder Box (German: Das Feuerzeug) is an East German fantasy film directed by Siegfried Hartmann. 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.
Cast
Rolf Ludwig as Der Soldat / The Soldier
Heinz Schubert as Der Geizige / The Miser
Rolf Defrank as Der Eitle / The Vain Man
Hannes Fischer as Der Dicke / The Fat Man
Hans Fiebrandt as Der König / The King
Maria Besendahl as The Queen
Senta Bonacker as Die Kammerfrau / The Lady-in-waiting
Fritz Schlegel as Der Wirt / The Innkeeper
Barbara Mehlan as Die Prinzessin / The Princess
Maria Wendt as Altes Mütterchen / The Old Woman
Reception
The picture sold 5,429,103 tickets.
References
External links
The Tinder Box at IMDb
The Tinderbox (Danish: Fyrtøjet) is a 1946 Danish animated film directed by Svend Methling and produced by Dansk Farve- og Tegnefilm, Palladium, It is the first full-length Danish and European animated film ever made. It was an adaption of Hans Christian Andersen's popular fairytale of the same name. The film was in colour. The project was inspired by the works of Walt Disney, Max Fleischer, and Dave Fleischer, especially their "Gulliver's Travels" (1939).
Cast
Poul Reichhardt - the Soldier
Kirsten Hermansen - the Princess
Knud Heglund - the King
Karen Poulsen - the Witch
Elith Foss - the Astrological Signer
Viggo Brodthagen
Ole Monty
Aage Winther-Jørgensen
Vera Lindstrøm
Victor Montell
Vera Lense-Møller
Axel Larsen
Adelheid Nielsen
Einar Reim
Anna Henriques-Nielsen
Carl Johan Hviid
Ingeborg Steffensen
Ulf Kaarsberg
Production took place from June 1943 until the 1945 at Frederiksberggade 28 in Copenhagen. During the production process, publisher Dansk Farve- og Tegnefilm kept a low profile, but the press still published a few articles about the project.