The Little Matchgirl (film)
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| Directed by | Roger Allers |
| Produced by | Don Hahn Baker Bloodworth |
| Screenplay by | Roger Allers Kevin L. Harkey Ed Gombert Mark Walton Ralph Zondag |
| Based on | The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen |
| Editing by | Jessica Ambinder Rojas |
| Studio | Walt Disney Feature Animation |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Pictures |
| Release date(s) | September 7, 2006 |
| Country | United States |
The Little Matchgirl is a 2006 animated short film directed by Roger Allers and produced by Don Hahn, who previously were involved in classic Disney animated films such as The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Lion King. It is based on an original story by Hans Christian Andersen entitled The Little Girl with the Matches or The Little Match Girl and was published in 1845. The story's popularity far exceeded Andersen's original intention, which was to call immediate attention to the plight of Europe's suffering children. For the Disney Studio the film is not about politics; it is a visual style piece set to music and told entirely without sound or dialogue. The film is set to the third movement, "Nocturne from String Quartet No. 2 in D Major" by Alexander Borodin.
The differences between the Disney version and the original Andersen text are slight but do include a change of geographical location from Denmark to Russia. The storytelling also places a reduced emphasis in the beginning of the film to the Little Match Girl's cruel and overbearing father and the death of her grandmother. These changes aside, Allers' version of The Little Match Girl does capture Andersen's original sentiment. This short also represents Disney's final use of CAPS.
The film made its debut at the Annecy Film Festival in France on June 5, 2006. It was released as an extra on The Little Mermaid Platinum Edition DVD.
[edit] External links
- Shedding Light on the Little Matchgirl traces the path director Roger Allers and the Disney Studio took in adapting the Hans Christian Andersen story to animation.
- Director Roger Allers on The Little Matchgirl Animated News & Views interview
- The Little Match Girl at The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts
- The Little Matchgirl at the Internet Movie Database
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