The Little Matchgirl (film)

The Little Matchgirl is a 2006 animated short film directed by Roger Allers and produced by Don Hahn. It is based on an original story by Hans Christian Andersen entitled The Little Girl with the Matches or The Little Match Girl, published in 1845.

The storys popularity far exceeded Andersens original intention, which was to call immediate attention to the plight of Europes suffering children. The differences between the Disney version and the original Andersen text are slight, such as the change of geographical location from the authors native Denmark to Russia. The storytelling also places a reduced emphasis in the beginning of the film to the Little Match Girls cruel and overbearing father and the death of her grandmother.Allers and Hahn previously were involved in classic Disney animated films such as The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King. This short, which was originally intended for the scrapped Fantasia 2006, also represents Disneys final use of CAPS in animation. ........

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