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The Enchanted Tinderbox (2024)

The Enchanted Tinderbox poster
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
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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.

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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)

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