The Tinderbox (Danish: Fyrtøjet) is a 1946 Danish animated film directed by Svend Methling and produced by Dansk Farve- og Tegnefilm, Palladium, It is the first full-length Danish[1] and European[2] animated film ever made.
It was an adaption of Hans Christian Andersen's popular fairytale of the same name.
[5] Production took place from June 1943 until the 1945 at Frederiksberggade 28 in Copenhagen.
[6] During the production process, publisher Dansk Farve- og Tegnefilm kept a low profile, but the press still published a few articles about the project.
[6] This article related to a Danish film of the 1940s is a stub.