A young soldier discovers three chests of copper, silver and gold and an old tinder-box in the hollow of an old oak tree. He is now rich. But he squanders the money until it is all gone. All he has left is the old tinder-box. He uses it to light a small pipe and three large dogs come to his rescue. Based on the fairy-tale by Hans Christian Anderson.
Rolf Ludwig
as Der Soldat
Heinz Schubert
as Der Geizige
Rolf Defrank
as Der Eitle
Hannes Fischer
as Der Dicke
Hans Fiebrandt
as Der König
Maria Besendahl
as Die Königin
Senta Bonacker
as Die Kammerfrau
Bella Waldritter
as Die Hexe
Fritz Schlegel
as Der Wirt
Barbara Mehlan
as Prinzessin
Maria Wendt
as Altes Mütterchen
Steffie Spira
as Köchin
