Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Lea Müller
Inga
Lead
Maximilian Ehrenreich
Emil
Nina Kunzendorf
Frau Landfried
Jörg Hartmann
Der Fremde
Oliver Korittke
Der Gendarm
Ferdinand Lehmann
Franz
Michael Lott
Der Händler
Theo Trebs
Emil
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Uwe Janson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
