Movies and TvShows featuring "playing-with-a-match" theme.

House of Fools is a dark comedy that takes place in a psychiatric hospital during the war in Chechnya. The film follows the lives of the patients and staff in the hospital, capturing their struggles, relationships, and escapades amidst the chaos and violence of the war.

Lullaby Land is a charming animated short film from 1933 that follows the magical adventures of anthropomorphic toys in a dreamland. The story revolves around a baby boy who enters the world of dreams and encounters various fantastical creatures and scenarios. He is guided by the Sandman and accompanied by a wise owl as he explores the whimsical landscape of Lullaby Land. The film is filled with delightful music, enchanting visuals, and a heartwarming message about the power of dreams.

Curious penguins investigate an abandoned cabin, heedless of their mother's warning that "curiosity killed the cat."

Der Struwwelpeter is a popular German children's book. It comprises of ten illustrated and rhymed stories, mostly about children. Each has a clear moral that demonstrates the disastrous consequences of misbehavior in an exaggerated way. Writer/director Fritz Genschow adapted Hoffmann's book to the big screen. He made a career doing such films, he had done Hansel and Gretel and would go on to adapt Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and other family films. Der Struwwelpeter, however, is weirder and darker than the Grimms' tales. They are heavy morality lessons in which children are burned to death, starved to death, or have their thumbs cut off. In Hoffmann's world the punishment usually far outweighs the crime. Genschow provided a happy ending: through the wonders of reverse action children are brought back from their fiery deaths, their thumbs are reattached, and their misdeeds undone through the power of St. Nicholas and some sort of Christmas miracle. (via forcesofgeek.com)