The little girl with the sulfur sticks (1928)
| Movie | |
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| German title | The little girl with the matchstick |
| Original title | La petite marchande d'allumettes |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1928 |
| length | 32 minutes |
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| Director | Jean Renoir |
| script | Jean Renoir based on the fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen |
| production | Jean Renoir , Jean Tédesco |
| music | Marc Perrone |
| camera | Jean Bachelet |
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The little girl with the sulfur sticks (original title: La petite marchande d'allumettes ) is a short film by Jean Renoir from 1928 based on the fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen .
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On New Year's Eve, a young girl is sent out into the snow and cold by her stepmother to sell matches in town. It is unsuccessful because all people want to get warm and to their celebrations quickly. She is also stopped by a police officer in front of a restaurant.
Since she doesn't dare to go home without making a living, she finally falls asleep in the snow and dreams of a toy shop where the toy figures come to life: a lieutenant commands wooden soldiers and flees into the clouds with the girl from a hussar on a horse. The hussar, also on horseback, follows them. A fight ensues between the lieutenant and the hussar. The hussar wins and pushes the lieutenant from the clouds. He then grabs the girl and carries her up a hill where there is a cross. The cross turns into a small tree, the flowers of which fall down, the hussar disappears. The flowers fall on the "sleeping" girl.
On New Year's morning, passers-by discovered the girl's snow-covered body. She froze to death.
Others
The buildings come from the Danish production designer Erik Aaes .
Web links
- The Little Match Girl at the Internet Movie Database (English)