03 October 1907 Fantasy 11 mins
Viggo Larsen’s adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's famous fairy tale about the soldier who gets hold of a magic tinderbox capable of calling forth three dogs with big eyes that can fulfill all his wishes. When the soldier has one of the dogs transport a sleeping princess to his room, he is arrested and sentenced to death. But his adventure, as we know, does not end here.
Watch the official The Tinderbox 1907 trailer in HD below.
Viggo Larsen as Soldaten
Oda Alstrup as Prinsessen
Robert Storm Petersen as Tjener
Petrine Sonne as Heksen
Waldemar Petersen as Anden tjener
Gustav Lund as Kongen
Viggo Larsen Director
Axel Graatkjær Director of Photography
Hans Christian Andersen Original Concept
Denmark 03 October 1907
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01 February 1907
A crew row their way from the S.S. Kinau through troublesome water to the shore.
01 January 1907
People and buildings in Falkenberg, Sweden in the early twentieth century.
01 January 1907
Highlights from the 1907 French Grand Prix race.
23 June 1907
A midsummer Phantasy. The man having been attacked by footpads, puts on a suit of medieval armor which has been magnetized at a dynamo by two boys.
17 August 1907
A poor artist living in a garret room uses his talent for painting to feed himself by any means necey
09 September 1907
The first military revue of King Frederik VIII is captured on film.
12 February 1907
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11 September 1907
Many demonstrations of the art of Jiu Jitsu are given, and as evidence that this is not a passing fad intended only for the amusement of the public there is illustrated in very thrilling manner how several footpads follow two girls and then in a deserted section of the road make an attack, which is successfully foiled and the perpetrators taken into custody.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1907 Nordisk Films Kompagni.