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
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1907:
01 February 1907
Dock workers offloading bags of sugar in Hawaii
02 January 1907
In the first scene, a gentleman invites a lady to a ball, in the second they are dancing after the ball in a restaurant - slightly drunk - with the resulting consequences for the restaurant.
21 December 1907
A group of travellers go into a house for protection. Little do they know, it is filled with ghosts who make unusual things happen to them.
17 March 1907
Very much a slapstick chase in the mode of the period, as Victorine's boyfriend escapes from the kitchen and is pursued on rooftop by his unsuspecting fellow officers.
01 December 1907
An early short featuring Florence Lawrence.
01 February 1907
Scenes of men and women parading horses.
01 February 1907
Cattle are driven into the sea and tied to a row boat.
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.
27 December 1907
A family troupe of acrobats, made up to appear Japanese, perform various unbelievable stunts in front of the camera, achieved through a trick of the camera.
26 September 1907
When a little girl goes missing in the woods, her parents are at a loss as to what to do. To their great relief, a boy with a sixth sense shows the way to the girl using his psychic abilities.
23 February 1907
A traveler stays the night at a rural inn, but gets no rest as he is tormented by various spectres and mysterious happenings.
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