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The Little Match Seller(Movie, 1902)

3min | Genre: Drama
The Little Match SellerRating: 3.1/5 (with 99 votes)
The Little Match Seller is a 1902 British short silent drama film, directed by James Williamson, retelling the classic 1845 Hans Christian Andersen fable of the sad life and tragic death of a little match seller. This major fiction film of the period was, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "a serious attempt at depicting a person's inner emotional life on film through purely visual means (there is no onscreen text of any kind), using trick effects not to provoke laughter but for serious dramatic reasons." It is one of the oldest surviving silent films. ()
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About The Little Match Seller

A short melodrama based on Hans Christian Andersen's harrowing tale. A poor little girl tries to sell matchsticks in the freezing December cold. She lights matches for some light and warmth. There are visions: a fireplace, dinner, a Christmas tree. She sees her dead mother, welcoming her.

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The Little Match Seller (1902) | BFI National Archive(Featurette, 3:18)

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Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: No Language (XX)
Translated into 4 languages: German (DE), English (EN), French (FR), Portuguese (PT)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 12/24/1902
Director of Photography: James Williamson
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:183667, Added: 04/21/2018, Last updated: 03/27/2024