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La petite marchande d'allumettes (1928)
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8 June 1928 (France)
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New Year's Eve
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Matchbox
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Toy Soldier
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Grim Reaper
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Moving and dreamlike
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(Credited cast) | Catherine Hessling | ... | Karen |
| Manuel Raaby | ||
| Jean Storm | ... | Axel Ott |
| Amy Wells |
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The Little Match Girl
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40 min
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Lucia Joyce, daughter of James Joyce, dances a small duet as a toy soldier in this film. She had studied under Isadora Duncan's eccentric brother Raymond.
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Version of The Little Match Girl (1987) (TV)
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I just stumbled on this early and silent Renoir short (along with the delightfully bizarre 'Sur un air de Charleston') on a DVD of 'La Grand Illusion' and, really, I think I love it more even than that great film.
It's loosely based on 'The Little Match Girl' but owes as much to 'The Nutcracker'; a poor match-seller (played by Mrs. Renoir, the absolutely gorgeous and appealing Catherine Hessling, who can also be seen in 'Charleston'), overcome with hunger and cold, hallucinates the inhabitants of a toyshop window coming to life around her. I imagine the animation and other special effects must have been fairly pioneering - I'm certain they're more spellbinding than anything CGI could do - and the result is magical, enchanting, heartbreaking.
The version I saw had a haunting, note-perfect accordion soundtrack by Marc Perrone.
Much as I love his other work I could almost wish Renoir had gone on like this; I could wish cinema had gone on like this.