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.
Cast
Rolf Ludwig
Der Soldat
Heinz Schubert
Der Geizige
Rolf Defrank
Der Eitle
Hannes Fischer
Der Dicke
Hans Fiebrandt
Der König
Maria Besendahl
Die Königin
Senta Bonacker
Die Kammerfrau
Bella Waldritter
Die Hexe
Fritz Schlegel
Der Wirt
Barbara Mehlan
Prinzessin
Maria Wendt
Altes Mütterchen
Steffie Spira
Köchin
Johannes Maus
Meister Schaft
Friedrich Teitge
Schreiber (uncredited)
Jochen Diestelmann
Offizier des Königs
Kay Sikor
Offizier des Königs
Jean Brahn
Wachsoldat
Crew
Margot Beichler
Dramaturgy
Siegfried Hartmann
Director, Screenplay
Fred Rodrian
Screenplay
Anneliese Kocialek
Screenplay
Hildegard Conrad
Editor
Erich Gusko
Director of Photography
Marianne Schmidt
Costume Design
Siegfried Bethmann
Original Music Composer
Hans Poppe
Set Designer
Hannes Schneider
Still Photographer
Hans Christian Andersen
Original Story
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