A young soldier discovers three chests of copper, silver and gold and an old tinder-box in the hollow of an old oak tree. He is now rich. But he squanders the money until it is all gone. All he has left is the old tinder-box. He uses it to light a small pipe and three large dogs come to his rescue. Based on the fairy-tale by Hans Christian Anderson.

Rolf Ludwig
as Der Soldat

Heinz Schubert
as Der Geizige

Rolf Defrank
as Der Eitle

Hannes Fischer
as Der Dicke

Hans Fiebrandt
as Der König

Maria Besendahl
as Die Königin

Senta Bonacker
as Die Kammerfrau

Bella Waldritter
as Die Hexe

Fritz Schlegel
as Der Wirt

Barbara Mehlan
as Prinzessin