The Little Match Girl poster

The Little Match Girl poster

The Little Match Girl

1986 1h 19m 6Movie

DramaMusicTV Movie

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.

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Michael Custance

Director

Hans Christian Andersen

Novel

Jeremy Paul

Writer

Leslie Stewart

Writer