It was only Santa Claus to blame

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Movie
German title It was only Santa Claus to blame
Original title Christmas in Connecticut
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1992
length 93 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Arnold Schwarzenegger
script Adele Comandini ,
Lionel Houser ,
Janet Brownell
production Cyrus Yavneh
music Charles Fox
camera Chuck Colwell
cut Michael Jablow
occupation

Only Santa Claus Was To Blame (Original Title: Christmas in Connecticut ) is a television- produced American romantic comedy film from 1992 with Dyan Cannon , Kris Kristofferson and Tony Curtis . The film is the only directorial work in a full-length film by Arnold Schwarzenegger . It is a remake of the 1945 film Christmas made to measure .

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Elizabeth is the star of a successful cooking show and the author of several cookbooks. Alexander, her manager, sees on the TV news a park ranger in Colorada named Jefferson Jones, who had just rescued a child after a blizzard of several days in the mountains and who has now lost his log cabin to a lightning strike. The only thing that survived the fire was a cookbook by Elizabeth. Due to the great media attention that Jeffersen's heroic deed has generated, Alexander senses his chance to use the whole thing as an advertisement for his show. He wants to organize a live show for Elizabeth in Connecticut , in which she should cook a Christmas dinner for Jefferson in her house. In doing so, Alexander forgets that Elizabeth actually cannot cook because he only built her up as a star chef because of the ratings. So he now has to design the whole environment around Elizabeth to match her TV appearance. He rents a house and family around his star to make Elizabeth's alleged biography fit too. Suddenly she has a grown daughter, a son-in-law and two grandchildren. Alexander himself plays her husband because Elizabeth is not even married privately.

Jefferson Jones doesn't really think much of Alexander's proposal, but doesn't want to miss the promised fee and use it to rebuild his log cabin. When he appears at Elizabeth's house, she is not at all prepared for it because he has misinterpreted the message that was sent to him and has now come much too early. He experiences the supposedly idyllic family life of Elizabeth as absolutely chaotic. Everyone argues with everyone because they have not yet internalized their role in Alexander's “production”. Elizabeth tries to cover up all embarrassment with her charm and tries to keep Alexander at a distance, who seems to take his role as husband very seriously. Elizabeth, on the other hand, is very impressed by her guest and Jefferson also finds Elizabeth not only attractive, but also funny. Alexander does not like this, however. He is also not convinced of the sample film recordings, which are made exactly on Christmas Day. While Alexander wants to repeat everything until it goes the way he wants it to, Elisabeth and Jefferson “disengage”. Together they go to the village and celebrate Christmas there with traditional square dancing and lots of socializing in natural surroundings. Both enjoy the evening, which couldn't be more romantic than the two of them ride a horse-drawn sleigh through the snow-covered forest.

Back in Elizabehth's house, the live recordings now begin under the motto: "America's super housewife and America's superhero". But nothing goes as it should and Jefferson sees the whole "truth" surrounding Elizabeth. The illusory world collapses and Elizabeth has had enough of all the lies and deceit. In front of the camera, she explains to the audience that she would like to show them how she really celebrates Christmas. She comes out as a fictional character and thus brings the show director to "fire" everyone. He regrets this step very quickly and wants to bring Elizabeth back because of the gigantic ratings that the live turn had surprisingly achieved. But she has decided to follow true love to go with Jefferson to Colorado and live with him there.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Clearance certificate for guilt was only Santa Claus . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , October 2015 (PDF; test number: 68 776-a V).