The Little Match Girl (1928)
La petite marchande d'allumettes (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 40min
- Short, Drama
- 08 Jun 1928 (France)
- Short
An impoverished girl tries to sell matches on NYE. Shivering with cold and unable to sell her wares, she sits in a sheltered nook. Striking a match to keep warm, she sees things in the flame.
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Cast
| Catherine Hessling | ... |
Karen
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| Eric Barclay |
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Jean Storm | ... |
Axel Ott / soldat en bois
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| Manuel Raaby |
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Amy Wells |
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Guy Ferrant |
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Mme. Heuschling | ... |
Une passante
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Comtesse Tolstoi | ... |
La dame au chien
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Lucia Joyce | ... |
Une danseuse (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Jean Renoir | ||
| Jean Tédesco | ||
Written by
| Hans Christian Andersen | ... | (story) |
| Jean Renoir | ... | (writer) |
Produced by
| Jean Renoir | ... | producer |
| Jean Tédesco | ... | producer |
Music by
| Manuel Rosenthal | ||
Cinematography by
| Jean Bachelet | ||
Art Direction by
| Erik Aaes | ||
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| Simone Amiguet | ... | assistant director |
| Claude Heymann | ... | assistant director |
Additional Crew
| Paul Bianchi | ... | technical associate |
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Distributors
- The Film Society (1929) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- 2ème chaîne ORTF (1973) (France) (tv)
- Hellenic Radio & Television 3 (ERT3) (2022) (Greece) (tv)
- Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2007) (United States) (DVD)
- Maple Pictures (2007) (Canada) (DVD)
- Netflix (2021) (Non-US) (video) (VOD) (several territories in Europe)
- Optimum Releasing (2006) (United Kingdom) (video)
- StudioCanal (2006) (France) (DVD)
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Storyline
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A young match girl falls into a dream state in which she enters a kind of giant toy shop, and interacts with the toys, including the captain of the wooden soldiers, but is then menaced by Death, who appears out of a jack-in-the-box wearing a kind of "pirate" outfit with a Death skull on his hat. A chase ensues, and the girl "falls back" to reality. Written by Unifrance |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Lucia Joyce, daughter of James Joyce, dances a small duet as a toy soldier in this film. She had studied under Isadora Duncan's eccentric brother Raymond. It was her debut and only film, See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Paul Lynde (1963). See more » |