Santa & Pete
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| German title | Santa & Pete |
| Original title | Santa and Pete |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1999 |
| length | 86 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
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| Director | Duwayne Dunham |
| script | Greg Taylor |
| production | Erica Fox |
| music | Alan Williams |
| camera | John Newby |
| cut | Jonathan P. Shaw |
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Santa & Pete (Santa and Pete) is an American drama from 1999 . Directed by Duwayne Dunham and written by Greg Taylor based on a novel by Pamela Johnson and Christopher Moore .
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Nicholas has been a widower for a year. At Christmas he tells his grandson Terrence the family history events that happened a few generations ago.
Pete learns from Nicholas, who comes from the Netherlands , that he was imprisoned in Spain for religious reasons. Chef Pete helps the man escape. He accompanies him on a hike, then he travels to America with Nikolaus. Pete and Nikolaus give advice to people. An African American woman fears that her too long pregnancy could result in a miscarriage . Nicholas tells the woman that she is going to give birth to a son and gives her a toy with the engraved name that the woman and her husband have come up with in case a boy is born.
An Afro-African family, a blacksmith with a wife and a beautiful young daughter of marriageable age, has taken in the daughter of Dutch settlers, Marlene, who disappeared because the Indians kidnapped her. In retaliation, the governor intends to wage war against the Indians.
Nicholas visits the governor of New Amsterdam with Pete and the little girl to keep him from attacking the Indians. The governor does not want to be dissuaded and says that Nikolaus would be killed by the savages, as he calls the Indians, if he wants to meet with them. The governor confiscates Nikolaus' two carriage horses so that they can be used in the war. Instead, he receives a reindeer . Three more come to him in the course of time.
Nikolaus and Pete take the carriage, in front of which the four reindeer are now harnessed, to the Indians in order to free the two kidnapped Dutch settlers, whose daughter was left behind alone. According to a prophecy , the chief has already expected the white-bearded Nicholas , because he is said to have been with them a few hundred years and should return later, and welcomes him in a friendly manner. In return for the release of the settlers, the governor of New Amsterdam should refrain from attacking the Indians. Nikolaus hands the Indian chief a sack with gifts. The Indian chief gives Nikolaus a red cape with white fur and Pete a leather trapper suit. Nikolaus is addressed more and more often as Santa Claus .
From a Dutch governor's maid, Elizabeth Van Olden, who surprises Nikolaus and Pete while distributing the presents, Nikolaus receives a red cap that was originally intended for her fiancé, who stayed behind in the Netherlands. In return, Nikolaus gives her the ring of her fiancé, to whom he had promised, and tells her that he will soon arrive in America. Since the governor's children in New Amsterdam don't wear wooden shoes, as is customary in the Netherlands, Pete suggests that Nicholas put the presents in the children's stockings that are hung by the fireplace, thus establishing a new tradition in America.
At Christmas, the Dutch settlers return home, accompanied by the Indian chief and some of his warriors, so that Marlene's greatest wish is fulfilled. Pete falls in love with an African American settler who wants to become a teacher and promises her to come back in a year because he wants to accompany Nicholas back to the Netherlands. Nikolaus and Pete return to the Netherlands aboard a ship on December 5th each year. Nikolaus and Pete fly into the sky in the carriage that the African-American blacksmith has converted into a sled, in front of which eight reindeer are harnessed, which have gradually run to Nicholas.
Then the grandfather ends his story and everyone goes to bed so that Nikolaus and Pete can distribute the presents. At night the grandson suddenly wakes up and sees the brightly decorated Christmas tree in the living room and the gift packages underneath, which he shakes to find out what is hidden in them. Suddenly notices the book of the life of St. Nicholas lying on the grandfather's armchair , in which everything that has happened is recorded. He looks inside. His name is also registered, with his ancestors, his grandfather Nicholaus and other names in front of it. He looks back on the page until he finds Pete as the first of his ancestors at the beginning. So he learns that Pete started a family with the African American, of which he and Nicholas come.
When his grandfather enters the living room, the book of life has already disappeared and he has forgotten what he read there. Nicholas had once told Pete that this happened. At the end of the film, his grandfather explains to the grandson that he is destined to pass on the family story. According to an African proverb, an ancestor should not die while his name is mentioned.
Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes described the film as " warm hearted " and " joy for the whole family ".
The magazine TV Direkt 25/2007 wrote that the film tells a " simple and sentimental story ".
background
The story refers to the Dutch tradition of Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet .
Awards
Emily Mae Young was nominated for the YoungStar Award in 2000.
backgrounds
The film was shot in Los Angeles .
Home video
The film was released in the USA on VHS and DVD.
Web links
- Santa & Pete in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Santa & Pete in the online movie database
- Santa & Pete at Rotten Tomatoes (English)