On a cold New Year’s Eve, a poor girl tries to sell matches in the street. She is freezing badly, but she is afraid to go home because her father will beat her for not selling any matches. She takes shelter in a nook and lights the matches to warm herself.
In their glow, she sees several lovely visions including a Christmas tree and a holiday feast. The girl looks skyward and sees a shooting star, then she remembers her dead grandmother saying that such a falling star means someone has died and is going into Heaven. As she lights the next match, she sees a vision of her grandmother, the only person to have treated her with love and kindness. She strikes one match after another to keep the vision of her grandmother alive for as long as she can.
Running out of matches, the child dies and her grandmother carries her soul to Heaven. The next morning, passers-by find the child dead in the nook and take pity on her, not knowing that she had left this world and will not be cold or hungry any more.
On a cold New Year’s Eve, a poor girl tries to sell matches in the street. She is freezing badly, but she is afraid to go home because her father will beat her for not selling any matches. She takes shelter in a nook and lights the matches to warm herself.
In their glow, she sees several lovely visions including a Christmas tree and a holiday feast. The girl looks skyward and sees a shooting star, then she remembers her dead grandmother saying that such a falling star means someone has died and is going into Heaven. As she lights the next match, she sees a vision of her grandmother, the only person to have treated her with love and kindness. She strikes one match after another to keep the vision of her grandmother alive for as long as she can.
Running out of matches, the child dies and her grandmother carries her soul to Heaven. The next morning, passers-by find the child dead in the nook and take pity on her, not knowing that she had left this world and will not be cold or hungry any more.
在一個寒冷的除夕,一個可憐的女孩在街上賣火柴。她是很冷,但她不敢回家,一整天也沒賣出一根火柴，沒賺到一分錢。她會被父親打罵。她在角落和點燃了火柴取暖。
在他們的光芒,她看到一些可愛的願景包括一棵聖誕樹和一個節日盛宴。這個女孩看起來向上,看到流星,然後她記得她死去的祖母說,這樣一個流星意味著有人去世了,並將進入天堂。當她點燃了下一根火柴,她看到她的祖母,唯一的對她好的人。她點燃了一根有一根火柴保持住她祖母的幻像。
火柴燒完了,孩子死了,她的祖母把她的靈魂升入天堂。第二天早上,路人發現孩子死在角落和憐憫她,但他們不知道她已經離開了這個世界,不會冷或餓了。