HBO Storybook Musicals

The Little Match Girl (1x8)

Air date: Dec 06, 1990

Hans Christian Andersen's timeless fairytale takes a modern-day turn in this animated musical set in New York City, 1999. A spunky homeless girl who sells matches lives through a bitterly cold New Year's Eve with the help of some special magic. Whenever she lights a match, she's transported to places in the city where rich people are celebrating. Will they remember her in the morning as she lies frozen in an abandoned lot near Times Square?