The read
It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
18 audience votes
Key crew
- Siegfried BethmannOriginal Music Composer
- Siegfried HartmannDirector
- Fred RodrianScreenplay
- Siegfried HartmannScreenplay
- Anneliese KocialekScreenplay
Cast
- Rolf LudwigDer Soldat
- Heinz SchubertDer Geizige
- Rolf DefrankDer Eitle
- Hannes FischerDer Dicke
- Hans FiebrandtDer König
- Maria BesendahlDie Königin
- Senta BonackerDie Kammerfrau
- Bella WaldritterDie Hexe
- Fritz SchlegelDer Wirt
- Barbara MehlanPrinzessin
- Maria WendtAltes Mütterchen
- Steffie SpiraKöchin
Stills
Themes
fairy tale