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The Tinder Box (1959)

6.9 | Apr 17, 1959 (XG) | Fantasy, Family | 01:20

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.

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Rolf Ludwig
Der Soldat
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Heinz Schubert
Der Geizige
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Rolf Defrank
Der Eitle
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Hannes Fischer
Der Dicke
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Hans Fiebrandt
Der König
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Maria Besendahl
Die Königin
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Senta Bonacker
Die Kammerfrau
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Fritz Schlegel
Der Wirt
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Barbara Mehlan
Prinzessin