Das Mädchen mit den Feuerzeugen

19870 DE

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9.0

MASTERPIECE

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7.2

IMDB

★9.0TMDB · 2★7.2IMDB · 15

Drama

Synopsis

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This modern variation on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Girl with the Matchsticks" begins Christmas in a home for the disabled. The four wheelchair users Aga, Ringo, the White Giant and Spasski are fed up with the same old boredom and decide to celebrate their own "party". They requisition the collected donations and set off to explore Munich at night. There, all doors are initially closed to the wheelchair gang, but then the friends meet an angel in the form of a lighter saleswoman who grants them three wishes. None of the runaways take them seriously until the first wish is actually fulfilled unexpectedly.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Enrico Boetcher
Ringo
Arnold Frühwald
Aga
Rupert Seidl
Stefan, der Weiße Riese
Stefan Wood
Spasski
Eva Ordonez
Engel
Ludger Pistor
Taxifahrer
Ortrud Beginnen
Heimleiterin
Barbara May
Hotelgast

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ralf Huettner
Languages: German
Countries: Germany

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1 / 5

ERA

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39 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 5

CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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3 / 5

ERA

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Enrico Boetcher and Arnold Frühwald and Rupert Seidl carry the top of the cast.

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4 / 5

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0097126 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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5 / 5

WILD

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Ralf Huettner directs. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in German.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

139 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Enrico Boetcher and Arnold Frühwald and Rupert Seidl carry the top of the cast.
4IMDB entry: tt0097126 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
5Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.