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Christmas Story

Original title: Joulutarina
  • 20072007
  • PGPG
  • 1h 23m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
4.4K
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Christmas Story (2007)
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The touching story of how Santa Claus came to be Santa.The touching story of how Santa Claus came to be Santa.The touching story of how Santa Claus came to be Santa.
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    • Juha Wuolijoki
    • Marko Leino(screenplay)
    • Aku Louhimies(story)
    • Juha Wuolijoki(story)
  • Stars
    • Hannu-Pekka Björkman
    • Otto Gustavsson
    • Jonas Rinne
    • Juha Wuolijoki
    • Marko Leino(screenplay)
    • Aku Louhimies(story)
    • Juha Wuolijoki(story)
  • Stars
    • Hannu-Pekka Björkman
    • Otto Gustavsson
    • Jonas Rinne
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 36User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    Hannu-Pekka Björkman and Laura Birn in Christmas Story (2007)
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    Kari Väänänen and Otto Gustavsson in Christmas Story (2007)

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    Hannu-Pekka Björkman
    • Nikolas
    Otto Gustavsson
    • Nikolas 13-vuotiaana
    Jonas Rinne
    • Nikolas 7-vuotiaana
    Kari Väänänen
    Kari Väänänen
    • Iisakki
    Minna Haapkylä
    Minna Haapkylä
    • Kristiina
    Mikko Leppilampi
    Mikko Leppilampi
    • Hannus
    Mikko Kouki
    Mikko Kouki
    • Eemeli
    Oskari Heimonen
    • Eemeli 11-vuotiaana
    Roi Ron
    • Eemeli 5-vuotiaana
    Laura Birn
    Laura Birn
    • Aada
    Nella Siilasmaa
    • Aada 9-vuotiaana
    Antti Tuisku
    • Mikko
    Alpo Sipilä
    • Mikko 9-vuotiaana
    Matti Ristinen
    Matti Ristinen
    • Einari
    Eeva Soivio
    • Aleksandra
    Mauri Heikkilä
    • Gideon
    Pirjo Leppänen
    • Hilla
    Saara Pakkasvirta
    • Meeri
      • Juha Wuolijoki
      • Marko Leino(screenplay) (story)
      • Aku Louhimies(story)
      • Juha Wuolijoki(story)
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    • Trivia
      Veteran Finnish actor Kari Vaananen, who plays Santa's accomplice the carpenter Iisakki in the Finnish feature film 'Joulutarina' (aka 'Christmas Story' (2007), previously co-starred in another Yuletide movie about a decade later, portraying Santa Claus in 'Kiwi Christmas' (2018).
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    8/10
    Great story
    I actually got to see this movie for the first time in Rome, Italy this past October during a film festival. Before that, I had never heard of this movie, let alone that they were dubbing a version in English. I got to meet the director who was very nice. He talked about all the things that a beginning filmmaker should never do, including working in bad weather, working with children, special effects, and animals, all of which were done for this movie. Shot on location in the dead of winter, with real reindeer, this is a pretty impressive piece of work. It's also a great movie to add to the collection of other Christmas films. I can't predict whether it will become a Christmas classic, but I can say that I liked the back story given to Santa Claus in this movie.
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    • Mar 25, 2009

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    • Is this movie based off of the book The Christmas Chronicles: The Legend of Santa Claus ?

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    • Release date
      • November 16, 2007 (Finland)
      • Finland
      • Joulutarina (Finland)
      • Finnish
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    • Filming locations
      • Turku, Finland
    • Production company
      • Snapper Films Oy
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    • 1 hour 23 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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