Movie: Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern

Top 10 Billed Cast

Lea Müller
Lea Müller

Inga

Maximilian Ehrenreich
Maximilian Ehrenreich

Emil

Nina Kunzendorf
Nina Kunzendorf

Frau Landfried

Jörg Hartmann
Jörg Hartmann

Der Fremde

Oliver Korittke
Oliver Korittke

Der Gendarm

Ferdinand Lehmann
Ferdinand Lehmann

Franz

Michael Lott
Michael Lott

Der Händler

Theo Trebs
Theo Trebs

Emil

Anna Schäfer
Anna Schäfer

Kerstin Kramer
Kerstin Kramer

Ingas Mutter

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    On a cold Christmas Eve, a little girl is shivering in the streets. She has a bundle of matches to sell. She decides to not returns the orphanage, and ran away, in the rundown family home . "If I could light at least one, to have a little warm. Just one to warm me up." This heartbreaking version of Hans Christian Andersen's tale tells how her parents' visions gently accompanied her to death.

  • Release Date

    2013-12-25

  • Average

    7.5

  • Rating:

    3.8 starts
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    Deutsch
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