The Little Match Girl
1928 · 32 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 1,648 VOTES · DIR. Jean Renoir
Overview
An impoverished girl tries to sell matches on NYE. Shivering with cold and unable to sell her wares, she sits in a sheltered nook. Striking a match to keep warm, she sees things in the flame.
Dialogue Timeline — 13 lines
00:00:00 THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL
00:00:14 A movie inspired by the Andersen story and shot at the Vieux Colombier Studios.
00:00:37 A faraway city in the North, on New Year's Eve.
00:00:47 In the slums, a miserable shack.
00:09:25 "Your shoes are not suited for snow. You should go home."
00:10:18 She hasn't sold a single box of matches and is too scared to go back to the shack.
00:12:22 Wouldn't it be nice to warm up by the flame of a match?
00:12:49 Cold and hungry, she is stymied by hallucinations.
00:23:19 "I'm hungry."
00:23:41 But suddenly, a killjoy appears.
00:24:18 "I have a date with Karen tonight. I am Death."
00:25:11 Seeing the pain caused by Death, the young couple escapes to the skies.
00:31:07 "How stupid to think you can warm up with matches."
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed13
Dialogue density0.4 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line00:31:07
Production Record
DirectorJean Renoir
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes1,648