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Christmas Story

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Nikolas loses his parents and is looked after by his village and to show his gratitude, he makes toys as goodbye presents and continues the practice for many years.

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Barbara Shulgasser Common Sense Media 04/17/2019
3/5
Tale of how Santa came to be has some emotional intensity. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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Steve M 12/08/2024 Beautiful settings. Appropriately sparse dialogue from fair acting. Let the good intentions of the holiday just carry you! See more 12/26/2019 Watched this movie every year for Christmas. Extremely touching film. See more 11/14/2013 Enjoyable Christmas story to help explain how Santa Claus came to be from childhood to adult. See more 09/25/2013 A wonderful movie about Christmas See more 12/16/2012 It certainly has its heart in the right place, and the first half of the film features some of the best Christmas movie material I've ever seen. But, it loses a lot of steam midway and struggles to keep things going. Full review at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"target="_blank" href="http://hotdogsinthedark.com/?p=5948">Hot Dogs in the Dark</a> See more 04/07/2012 Nice heartwearming film. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Juha Wuolijoki

Director

Hannu-Pekka Björkman

Nikolas

Otto Gustavsson

Young Nikolas

Kari Väänänen

Iisakki

Minna Haapkylä

Kristiina

Mikko Leppilampi

Hannus
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Movie Info

Synopsis Nikolas loses his parents and is looked after by his village and to show his gratitude, he makes toys as goodbye presents and continues the practice for many years.
Director
Juha Wuolijoki
Producer
Juha Wuolijoki
Screenwriter
Marko Leino, Aku Louhimies, Juha Wuolijoki
Distributor
Delphis Films
Production Co
Snapper Films Oy
Rating
PG (Mild Thematic Elements|Brief Smoking)
Genre
Kids & Family, Holiday, Drama, Fantasy
Original Language
Finnish
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 10, 2008, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Nov 4, 2008
Runtime
1h 23m