---
title: 'The Tinderbox (1946)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Svend Methling'
released: '1946-05-16'
runtime_minutes: 71
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Animation'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Denmark'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-tinderbox-1946'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038541/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Tinderbox (1946)

1946 · 71 min · Fantasy, Animation, Romance · Denmark

Original title: Fyrtøjet

## Synopsis

The Tinderbox is a 1946 Danish animated film directed by Svend Methling and produced by Dansk Farve- og Tegnefilm, Palladium, It is the first full-length Danish and European animated film ever made. It was an adaption of Hans Christian Andersen's popular fairytale of the same name. The film was in colour. The project was inspired by the works of Walt Disney, Max Fleischer, and Dave Fleischer, especially their "Gulliver's Travels" (1939).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Svend Methling](https://cinepixo.com/people/svend-methling)
- **Screenplay:** [Peter Toubro](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-toubro), [Henning Pade](https://cinepixo.com/people/henning-pade)
- **Producer:** [Allan Johnsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/allan-johnsen)
- **Director of Photography:** [Marius Holdt](https://cinepixo.com/people/marius-holdt)
- **Editor:** [Edith Schlüssel](https://cinepixo.com/people/edith-schlussel)

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