Santa Claus & Co. KG
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Santa Claus & Co. KG |
| Original title | Le monde secret du Père-Noël |
| Country of production | France Canada |
| original language | French |
| year | 1997 |
| Production company |
Marathon Media France 3 Ciné Groupe |
| length | approx. 22 minutes |
| Episodes | 26 in 1 season |
| genre | Animation |
| idea |
Prakash Topsy Jean-Louis Bompoint Christian Choquet |
| production | Pascal Breton |
| First broadcast | December 1, 1997 on France 3 |
| German-language first broadcast |
December 10, 1997 on Super RTL |
Santa Claus & Co. KG (original title: Le monde secret du Père-Noël , English title: The Secret World of Santa Claus ) is a 26-part animated series that has been shown for the first time since December 10, 1997 and annually since 2002 at Christmas time in German-speaking countries is shown on Super RTL .
content
The Santa Claus and his three elves Trixi, Jordi and Gilfi live at the North Pole and produce the "toy machine" toys for children, to then be distributed in time for Christmas.
But the evil Grantelbart and his assistant Gugor often stand in their way. They try with nasty plans to prevent Santa Claus from delivering all gifts on time. Fortunately, Santa has his three hardworking elves and the polar bear Balbo, who support him at all times.
Characters
- Santa Claus is exactly as children imagine him to be: cozy, friendly and fair. He makes sure that all gifts arrive on time and also solves some of the children's problems. He is also strictly against violence and likes to eat a "Christmas cake".
- Trixi is an elf. She is responsible for processing the wish lists, can fly, make herself invisible and understand and speak all languages (including "animal language").
- Jordi is an elf. He always has new ideas for toys. In addition, Jordi can transform into any animal possible and knows a lot about technology and electronics.
- Gilfi is another elf. At the beginning of the season he doesn't have any magical powers as he still has to earn them, but is irreplaceable for the Santa Claus team due to his hard work. In the last episode, Gilfi learns the ability to make things float.
- Balbo is a polar bear. Although he is friendly, he is also quite clumsy and thus always triggers small disasters. Santa Claus took him in one day because he had lost his parents.
- Grantelbart is Santa's opponent and neighbor. Again and again he tries to prevent him from doing his job. He always follows Santa Claus everywhere to spoil the tasks he has to do. He hates Christmas, but loves to play electric guitar and likes loud rock music. For his nasty deeds, he is regularly hit on the head or has to support Santa Claus with a job.
- Gugor is a troll. He is Grantelbart's assistant and is often pushed around by him. That is why he is often sad and seeks help from Santa Claus and his elves. Still, he's often mean to them.
- Rudolph, Donner and Blitz are Santa's three reindeer.
- The penguins work in various functions for Santa Claus.
Episode list
| episode | German title | Original French title | German premiere |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The magic pearl | La pearl magique du Père-Noël | December 10, 1997 |
| 2 | The Santa Claus exam | Les douze travaux du Père-Noël | December 11, 1997 |
| 3 | Two little geniuses | Les petits génies | December 12, 1997 |
| 4th | Rudolph has disappeared | Rodolphe a disparu | December 15, 1997 |
| 5 | Mission in space | L'enfant des étoiles | December 16, 1997 |
| 6th | Leon's Christmas party | Un Noël pour Léon | December 17, 1997 |
| 7th | A present for two | Un cadeau pour deux | December 17, 1997 |
| 8th | The super rabbit | Super lapin | December 18, 1997 |
| 9 | The lucky charm | Porte-bonheur | December 18, 1997 |
| 10 | The magic carpet | Tapis valance | December 19, 1997 |
| 11 | The magic sword | Les mémoires du Père-Noël | December 19, 1997 |
| 12 | punishment is needed | La baguette magique | December 22, 1997 |
| 13 | A dangerous wish | Le garçon qui voulait redevenir petit | December 22, 1997 |
| 14th | A new costume for Santa Claus | Un cadeau pour le Père-Noël | December 22, 1997 |
| 15th | You should be able to fly | Le congrès de Noël | December 23, 1997 |
| 16 | Trolls in 3-D | Histoires de Trolls | December 23, 1997 |
| 17th | Gugor's doppelganger | Le Noël de Geignard | December 23, 1997 |
| 18th | Back from the future | Le retour du Père-Noël | December 24, 1997 |
| 19th | The growth potion | La grande petite fille | December 24, 1997 |
| 20th | A bear for Pablo | L'ours en peluche | December 24, 1997 |
| 21st | Christmas mail gone astray | On a volé Noël | December 24, 1997 |
| 22nd | Knecht Ruprecht's magic powder | La révolte des jouets | December 25, 1997 |
| 23 | The message in a bottle | Une bouteille à la mer | December 25, 1997 |
| 24 | Sebastian doesn't know what he wants | Balthazar ne sait pas ce qu'il veut | December 25, 1997 |
| 25th | The longest day | La nuit la plus longue | December 25, 1997 |
| 26th | Santa Claus and his secret | Les secrets du Père-Noël | December 26, 1997 |
synchronization
Jörg Hartung directed the dialogue for the German dubbing.
| Figure (french name) | French speaker | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Claus (Le Père Noël) | Benoît Allemane | Eckart Dux |
| Trixi (Thoren) | Mélanie Dermont | Christine Pappert |
| Jordi (folk) | Thor Bishopric | Margrit Strasbourg |
| Gilfi | Aurélien Ringelheim | Angela Quast |
| Balbo the polar bear | AJ Henderson | Ben Hecker |
| Grantelbart (Le Père Fouettard) | Mark Camacho | Joachim Richert |
| Gugor (Géniar) | Lutz Schnell | |
| Rudolf the reindeer | Peter Kirchberger | |
| Donner, the reindeer | Bruce Dinsmore | Peter Weis |
| Blitz, the reindeer | Gary Jewell | Mark Seidenberg |
publication
On October 5, 1998, WVG Medien GmbH released a VHS cassette with the episodes The Longest Day and Santa Claus and His Secret . Both episodes were re-released on DVD on October 10, 2005.
Eleven years later, on November 11, 2016, episodes one to twelve appeared in two DVD boxes. The DVDs only contain the German synchronization and come out with an FSK rating from 0 years of age. In addition, a total of six radio play CDs with two episodes each have been released, in which Thomas Karallus takes on the role of the narrator. On November 17, 2017, the last two DVD boxes with episodes 13 to 26 were released. In addition, a single DVD with only episodes one and two was released on the same day.
Charisma
On December 10, 1997, the series premiered on Super RTL . Since 2002 there has been an annual broadcast in the early evening program, which ends shortly after Christmas Eve, at the latest on New Year's Eve.
In 2004, there was also a six-day broadcast in May during the so-called "Mainachten" theme week, during which other typical festival programs were broadcast.
Web links
- Santa Claus & Co. KG in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Santa Claus & Co. KG at Fernsehserien.de
- Santa Claus & Co. KG at Animation Series
Individual evidence
- ↑ Santa Claus & Co. KG. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ DVD-Box 1 / DVD-Box 2, distributed by edel kids