The Enchanted Tinderbox (2024)

Original title

Огниво

Directed by

Aleksandr Voytinskiy

Genre

fantasy film

Country

Russia

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

6+

Rating

8.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A soldier finds a magical tinderbox that can summon three giant dogs. He uses it to win a princess and outwit a greedy king.

whimsicallightheartedadventurousfairy-talemagicalfast-pacedold-fashioned

What happens

The Enchanted Tinderbox (Russian: Огниво, romanized: Ognivo, lit. 'The Tinderbox') is a 2024 Russian fantasy film loosely based on the 1835 fairy tale The Tinderbox by Hans Christian Andersen. The film was directed by Aleksandr Voytinskiy, who co-wrote the script with Aleksandr Arkhipov and starred Roman Evdokimov, Irina Starshenbaum, Antonina Boyko, Vitaly Khaev, Mikhail Trukhin, and Yan Tsapnik in supporting roles. This film was theatrically released in Russia by Central Partnership on October 24, 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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