The Tinderbox
1987-12-01 · 17 min · Not rated
A modern version of a classical fairy-tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a veteran who got rich thanks to a magic flint and thus he could marry a beautiful princess.
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- Directors
- Dagmar Doubková
- Production companies
- Krátký film Praha
- Countries
- Czechoslovakia
- Status
- Released
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