Movie
The Little Match Girl
1986 · 79 min
A gentle, sorrowful Christmas tale that lingers on a child's hopes and dreams, with moments of warmth and music.
- Directed by
- Michael Custance
- Genres
- Drama, Music, Tv movie
- Starring
- Michael Hordern, Twiggy, Roger Daltrey
- Overview
- The Little Match Girl is a short story by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. The story is about a dying child's hopes and dreams, and was first published in 1845. This adaptation was made for Harlech TV and broadcast on 28th December 1986 and starred Twiggy and Roger Daltrey, and features the song 'Mistletoe and Wine' which became a Christmas number one for Cliff Richard in 1988, the biggest selling record of that year.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, earnest and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Death, politics, class, family
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Michael Custance
- Genres
- Drama, Music, Tv movie
- Starring
- Michael Hordern, Twiggy, Roger Daltrey
