Santa Claus: The Movie
- David Huddleston Santa Claus
- Judy Cornwell: Anya Claus
- Dudley Moore: Patch
- Christian Fitzpatrick: Joe
- Carrie Kei Heim: Cornelia
- John Lithgow: B.Z.
Santa Claus ( Orig: Santa Claus: The Movie ) is an American Christmas movie from the year 1985, he told the one hand the story of the calling Santa Claus ' and on the other a Christmas adventure that two orphans and patch the elf. experiencing.
Action
At the beginning of the film gets a lumberjack with his wife in a snow storm, from which he is rescued by a group of elves. He has chosen to take from now on as an immortal Santa Claus every Christmas gifts to children. In preparing the gifts he is supported by the elves.
On his trips to Santa Claus finally accepts the orphan boy Joe, who does not want to really believe in him.
In order to increase production, automated patch the elf toy production. However, the machines can not reach the usual quality of the toys made by elves in hand. It comes in the wake of complaints about Christmas gifts. Patch then leaves the workshops of Santa Claus.
Patch finally gets caught by the toy manufacturer BZ, which wants to try Santa Claus with the plan to establish two Christmas Eve to outdo. With the help of Joe and the girl Cornelia succeeds Santa Claus to thwart these plans and retrieve patch.
Criticism
"While simplistic and a little cheesy, but told for children, the places poetic story combines her message of mutual trust, kindness and helpfulness with criticism of the excesses of capitalism and advertising and provides fairly good entertainment. "
Others
The production of this fantasy tale cost 50 million dollars. The original English version is 12 minutes longer and uses more time to explain why the old man is chosen to be Santa Claus. On all Blu -ray 's, and thus also on the German, exclusively located the original version, this 12 -minute non-synchronized in the original language with German subtitles available.