The Tinder Box
80 mins
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.
Rolf Defrank
Der Eitle
Hannes Fischer
Der Dicke
Senta Bonacker
Die Kammerfrau
Bella Waldritter
Die Hexe
Barbara Mehlan
Prinzessin
Maria Wendt
Altes Mütterchen
Johannes Maus
Meister Schaft
Friedrich Teitge
Schreiber (uncredited)
Kay Sikor
Offizier des Königs
Jean Brahn
Wachsoldat
Siegfried Bethmann
Original Music Composer
Erich Gusko
Director of Photography
Hildegard Conrad
Editor
Marianne Schmidt
Costume Design
Fred Rodrian
Screenplay
Hans Poppe
Set Designer
Anneliese Kocialek
Screenplay
Margot Beichler
Dramaturgy