Released:
1959-04-17

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.

Director:
Siegfried Hartmann

Runtime:
1h 20min

Genre:
Fantasy, Family

• Cast:
• 
  Rolf Ludwig
  as
  Der Soldat
• 
  Heinz Schubert
  as
  Der Geizige
• 
  Rolf Defrank
  as
  Der Eitle
• 
  Hannes Fischer
  as
  Der Dicke
• 
  Hans Fiebrandt
  as
  Der König