The Tinderbox (1907)

Release Date: 1907-10-03
Runtime: 0h 11min
Production Company: Nordisk Film Denmark
Production Country: Denmark
Director: Viggo Larsen

Viggo Larsen’s adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's famous fairy tale about the soldier who gets hold of a magic tinderbox capable of calling forth three dogs with big eyes that can fulfill all his wishes. When the soldier has one of the dogs transport a sleeping princess to his room, he is arrested and sentenced to death. But his adventure, as we know, does not end here.