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THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL (Jean Renoir, 1928) **1/2 moreCast
 | Catherine Hessling | ... | Karen |
| Manuel Raaby | ||
| Jean Storm | ... | Axel Ott |
| Amy Wells |
Directed by | |||
| Jean Renoir | |||
| Jean Tédesco | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Hans Christian Andersen | story | |
| Jean Renoir | writer | |
Cinematography by | |||
| Jean Bachelet | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Erik Aaes | |||
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- Studio Canal (2006) (France) (DVD)
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A stylish short-film updating of the popular Hans Christian Andersen fairy-tale accompanied by a score that includes excerpts from two celebrated classical pieces – Wagner's "The Walkyrie" and Moussorgsky's "Night On Bald Mountain". Catherine Hessling (naturally) is an affecting if over-age lead and, once again, the film was originally longer but its initial run was interrupted by a plagiarism suit and it was only two years later that it was eventually re-released as we know it today!
While obviously commenting on the class struggle and the inevitable hand of fate – themes which, interestingly enough, resurfaced via a very similar plot-line in the first episode of Renoir's directorial swan song, the made-for-TV THE LITTLE THEATRE OF JEAN RENOIR (1970) – the accent here is once again on special effects enacting the titular character's dream sequence in a toy shop, which culminates in a chase across the skies involving the girl and two rival military officers on horseback (which, curiously enough, brought to mind the melodramatic excesses of the fantasy sequences in the later Powell & Pressburger films!