The Santa Claus brothers

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Movie
German title The Santa Claus brothers
Original title Fred Claus
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2007
length 115 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
JMK 0
Rod
Director David Dobkin
script Dan Fogelman
production David Dobkin ,
Jessie Nelson ,
Joel Silver
music Christophe Beck
camera Remi Adefarasin
cut Mark Livolsi
occupation
synchronization

The Santa Claus Brothers ( Fred Claus ) is an American fantasy comedy film from 2007 . Directed by David Dobkin and written by Dan Fogelman . The main actors are Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti .

action

The brothers Fred Claus and Nick (Santa) Claus grow up at the North Pole . Fred had promised to be the very best big brother, but it is becoming increasingly difficult for him, as his parents usually only compare him negatively to his younger brother Nick. As a result, he begins to hate his life and his parents. He didn't blame his brother because he only meant well and couldn't know how much it was bothering Fred. While Nick becomes a magnanimous and benevolent person, Fred becomes a light-footed cynic. Financially, he's just getting by. A new business idea should bring the long-awaited breakthrough, which of course does not work and he is even taken into police custody. He asks his brother Nick to release him with $ 5,000 bail and if possible put 50,000 on top. His brother wants to give him the money when Fred personally appears at the North Pole and helps with the production of the toys that are given away every year. Nick sends him an elf to bring Fred to him. With the Christmas sleigh it goes fast through the air, to Nick's realm. There is a lot of activity in the Christmas workshop and you are expecting the rationalization expert Clyde Northcutt there, who is supposed to check the efficiency of Santa's work . As a consequence, that could mean that Santa Claus headquarters would be relocated to the South Pole. For this purpose, a “three-fault system” should be used. Should three serious mistakes occur during the Christmas business, the fate of the idyllic Christmas city at the North Pole is sealed.

Fred is supposed to update the nice and naughty list first, the eternal Christmas music gets on his nerves and he puts on a hearty rock 'n' roll . All the elves happily dance with Fred instead of doing their job. For Northcutt, this lack of discipline on the part of the staff is the first mistake.

The next day, important documents disappeared, which is immediately counted as mistake number two. Northcutt sees the responsibility with Fred, but he is not aware of any guilt. As a punishment, he is reprimanded by Nick's bodyguard elves and his moody behavior is supposed to be treated by a therapist, which Nick strictly refuses. With anger, he rates all naughty children as good, which means that they too will get the gifts they want. This means that the production of the toys is lagging behind the plan and the brothers Nick and Fred get into an argument. As a result, Fred leaves the North Pole and Nick is dismissed from Northcutt because, in his opinion, the production delay is now the third and final mistake. But Fred thinks about what is really important and what makes Christmas gifts. He travels back to the North Pole and motivates all elves to give their best and to make as many toys as possible in the remaining ten hours. However, this means that not everything can be made that the children wrote on their wish lists, only very simple things that can be made quickly. Fred is also ready to stand in for his brother, who has become sick with grief over the whole situation. To his relief, he explains to Nick that there are no naughty children, but only disappointed in life, who are afraid or feel ignored and that you have to help them after all. Every child deserves a present for Christmas. That makes his brother think.

Fred tries to distribute all the presents on Christmas night in good time together with Oberelf Willie. When they are almost there, Northcutt almost manages to sabotage this, which he luckily fails because Nick speaks to his conscience. Because he remembers that as a child he didn’t bring Northcutt a gift that he longed for. Out of that old disappointment, Northcutt had tried to get revenge on Nick. When Northcutt receives this present from Nick 45 years later, he is very touched. Fred is back with the first ray of sunshine and all the children have received their presents. Nick is so proud of Fred that he is telling him for the first time that he's the very best big brother he could ever ask for.

Reviews

Katey Rich wrote on www.cinemablend.com that the film didn't add anything worth mentioning to the genre. He is so "calculated sentimental" that one perceives this as "almost cynical". Vaughn and Giamatti would work well together; Spacey plays "hilarious", the other talented actors like Kathy Bates are "wasted".

The lexicon of the international film judges: "Largely enjoyable, well-cast Christmas comedy with some funny ideas, the conflicts of which dissolve harmoniously into pleasure on the 'Festival of Love'."

The critics at Kino.de said, "The Santa Claus Brothers" is a "holiday plot designed and calculated on the drawing board that advertises charity and the power of forgiveness, but seems about as sincere as the sloppy special effects are convincing."

background

The film was shot in Chicago and London . It was released in US cinemas on November 9, 2007, and launched in Germany on November 29, 2007.

synchronization

actor role Voice actor
Vince Vaughn Fred Claus Stefan Fredrich
Paul Giamatti Nick (Santa) Claus Andreas Fröhlich
John Michael Higgins Willie Frank-Otto Schenk
Miranda Richardson Annette Claus Eva Kryll
Rachel Weisz Wanda Debora refuses
Kathy Bates Mother Claus Regina Lemnitz
Trevor Peacock Papa Claus Hasso Zorn
Chris "Ludacris" Bridges DJ Donnie Sven Hasper
Elizabeth Banks Charlene Melanie Hinze
Kevin Spacey Clyde Northcutt Till Hagen
Allan Corduner Dr. Gold color Peter Reinhardt
Liam James Fred at 12 years old Leo Vornberger
Theo Stevenson Nick at 6 years old Jonas Frenz
Bobb'e J. Thompson Samuel "Slam" Gibbons Karl-Alexander Seidel
Stephen Baldwin He himself Olaf Reichmann
Frank Stallone He himself Hans-Jürgen Wolf
Roger Clinton He himself Lutz Schnell
Jeremy Swift Bob Elf Stefan Staudinger
William Dick Squad leader Frank Ciazynski
Jeffrey Dean Morgan older man Thomas Schmuckert
teller Jochen Schröder

Soundtrack

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for The Santa Claus Brothers . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , November 2007 (PDF; test number: 112 164 K).
  2. ↑ Age rating for The Santa Claus Brothers . Youth Media Commission .
  3. ↑ Film review by Katey Rich, accessed November 5, 2007
  4. ^ Journal film-dienst and Catholic Film Commission for Germany (eds.), Horst Peter Koll and Hans Messias (ed.): Lexikon des Internationale Films - Filmjahr 2007 . Schüren Verlag, Marburg 2008. ISBN 978-3-89472-624-9
  5. ^ Film review at Kino.de , accessed on March 10, 2018.
  6. ^ Filming locations for Fred Claus, accessed November 5, 2007
  7. ^ Fred Claus premiere dates, accessed December 12, 2007
  8. ↑ The Santa Claus Brothers. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on March 10, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Soundtrack ( memento of the original from March 10, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at musik4ever.com, accessed March 10, 2018. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / musik4ever.com