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The Little Match Girl

Name: The Little Match Girl
Director: Jean Renoir
Released: 1928
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Eric Barclay, Mme. Heuschling, Manuel Raaby, Guy Ferrant, Comtesse Tolstoi

1928Jean RenoirIMDb: 7.1/10

Synopsis

An impoverished girl tries to sell matches on NYE. Shivering with cold and unable to sell her wares, she sits in a sheltered nook.

Director

Jean Renoir

Cast

Eric Barclay

Lucia Joyce

Jean Storm

Manuel Raaby

Editor's Choice Analysis

Review: Jean Renoir's The Little Match Girl – A Silent Fairy Tale's Stark Beauty

Is Jean Renoir's The Little Match Girl Worth Watching Today? Jean Renoir's 1928 silent adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Match Girl is, first and foremost, a film for silent cinema enthusiasts, Renoir completists, and those with a keen interest in early cinematic surrealism. For this specific audience,...

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Intelligence Comparison

Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

1928

The Little Match Girl

Jean Renoir

ScoreCult MeterScore

71%Popularity50%

#414Archive Rank#483

1920

The Jackeroo of Coolabong

Wilfred Lucas

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The Little Match Girl FAQ

The movie The Little Match Girl was directed by Jean Renoir.

The Little Match Girl was released in the year 1928.

The Little Match Girl has an IMDb rating of 7.1 out of 10.

The Little Match Girl is a movie from France.

The Little Match Girl is categorised as Fantasy, Drama, Short in the cult cinema archive at Dbcult.

The Little Match Girl features Eric Barclay, Lucia Joyce, Jean Storm, Manuel Raaby.

The screenplay for The Little Match Girl was written by Jean Renoir, Hans Christian Andersen.

If you enjoy The Little Match Girl, you might also like The Jackeroo of Coolabong (1920), Eva, wo bist du? (1920), Into the Light (1920), A Sister to Salome (1920).

Yes, The Little Match Girl (1928) is featured in the Dbcult archive as a curated cult cinema title, known for its Fantasy and Drama qualities.