''The Tinderbox'' ( da, Fyrtøjet) is a 1946 Danish

animated film Animation is a method by which image, still figures are manipulated to appear as Motion picture, moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent cel, celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited ...

directed by

Svend Methling Svend Methling (1 October 1891 – 4 June 1977) was a Danish actor and film director. He was a director for Dansk Skolescene 1924-1929, for Folkescenen 1925 and for Komediehuset 1929-1930. He also worked as a director at the Det Ny Teate ...

and produced by Dansk Farve- og Tegnefilm, Palladium, It is the first full-length Danish and European animated film ever made. It was an adaption of

Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen ( , ; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales. Andersen's fairy tales, consisti ...

's popular fairytale of the same name. The film was in colour. The project was inspired by the works of Walt Disney and Max and Dave Fleischer, especially their "

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" (1939).

Cast

* Poul Reichhardt - the Soldier * Kirsten Hermansen - the Princess *

Knud Heglund Knud Heglund (10 July 1894 – 1 September 1960) was a Danish stage and film actor. Filmography *''Tretten år'' (1932) *''De blaa drenge'' (1933) * '' Flight from the Millions'' (1934) *'' Under byens tage'' (1938) *''En pige med pep'' (194 ...

- the King * Karen Poulsen - the Witch * Elith Foss - the Astrological Signer *

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* Ole Monty *

Aage Winther-Jørgensen Aage Winther-Jørgensen (16 May 1900 – 10 April 1967) was a Danish actor. Partial filmography *'' The Vicar of Vejlby'' (1931) - Musicerende præst *''Skaf en sensation'' (1934) - Kahn *''The Golden Smile'' (1935) *''Elverhøj'' (1939) - Mo ...

Vera Lindstrøm Vera may refer to: Names *Vera (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) *Vera (given name), a given name (including a list of people and fictional characters with the name) **Vera (), archbishop of the archdiocese of Tarrag ...

* Victor Montell * Vera Lense-Møller * Axel Larsen * Adelheid Nielsen * Einar Reim *

Anna Henriques-Nielsen Anna Henriques-Nielsen (8 December 1881 – 24 December 1962) was a Danish stage and film actress. She appeared in 29 films between 1941 and 1958. She was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and died in Denmark. Filmography *'' I folkets navn'' - ...

Carl Johan Hviid Carl Johan Hviid (27 June 1899 – 21 October 1964) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 29 films between 1938 and 1964. He was born and died in Denmark. Selected filmography *'' Kongen bød'' - 1938 *'' Champagnegaloppen'' - 1938 *'' ...

Ingeborg Steffensen Ingeborg Steffensen (4 June 1888 – 7 January 1964) was a Danish mezzo-soprano opera singer who made her début at the Royal Danish Theatre in 1915 as Annchen in Carl Maria von Weber's '' Jægerbruden''. She was particularly successful in the ti ...

* Ulf Kaarsberg Production took place from June 1943 until the 1945 at Frederiksberggade 28 in Copenhagen. During the production process, publisher Dansk Farve- og Tegnefilm kept a low profile, but the press still published a few articles about the project.

References

1946 films 1946 animated films Danish animated fantasy films Animated films based on works by Hans Christian Andersen {{1940s-Denmark-film-stub