Miracles of a winter night - The Christmas story
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| German title | Miracles of a winter night - The Christmas story |
| Original title | Joulutarina |
| Country of production | Finland |
| original language | Finnish |
| Publishing year | 2007 |
| length | 77 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Juha Wuolijoki |
| script | Marko Leino |
| production | Juha Wuolijoki |
| music | Leri Leskinen |
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Miracles of a winter night - The Christmas story (original title Joulutarina ) is a Finnish Christmas film from 2007 by Juha Wuolijoki . The film is based on the book of the same name by Marko Leino. The story is told of Nikolas, an orphan who has a special ability.
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“The most beautiful story of all time began hundreds of years ago”: Nikolas is an orphan boy from Lapland whose parents and little sister are killed in a tragic accident. The families in the village where he lives are too poor to take the five-year-old boy. So they decide to raise him together. Each family takes care of it for a year and passes it on to the next family on Christmas Eve. Nikolas thanks the families by carving toys for their children, which he always presents on Christmas Eve. Accordingly, every year a family is added to join this Christmas tradition.
So year after year goes by. This year, however, the village's economy is idle, which is due to a failed grain harvest. That is the reason why none of the families in the village can take in Nikolas. So the grim carpenter Iisakki takes care of the boy and employs him as his assistant. After a tough apprenticeship, Nikolas finally manages to touch Iisakki's heart, so that from that day on he raises him like his own son.
As in the past, Christmas is the most beautiful and most important time of the year for Nikolas. And so it happens that over the years the old wood factory becomes more and more of a toy factory and the orphan boy Nikolas eventually becomes Santa Claus .
Background, production
The film is based on the book Joulutarina (also the original title of the film) by Marko Leino from 2006. The film was produced by Snapper Films. From September 2006 to February 2007 it was shot largely in Utsjoki , a town in Lapland near the Norwegian border.
publication
The film had its premiere on November 16, 2007 in Finland, after it had previously been shown on November 4, 2007 in front of selected audiences in Lahti. A German dubbed version was shown for the first time on October 15, 2008 at the Schlingel Film Festival under the title Christmas story. A DVD version was released on November 5, 2009, and the Blu-Ray version was released a year later.
The film was also presented at other festivals:
- Windhoek Wild Cinema in South Africa
- Sarasota Film Festival in the USA
- Zlín Film Festival in the Czech Republic
- Midnight Sun Film Festival in Finland
- Seoul International Youth Film Festival in South Korea
- Ottawa European Union Film Festival and Vancouver European Union Film Festival in Canada
- Cine Europa Film Festival in the Philippines
It has also been published in the following countries: Norway, Estonia, Sweden, Spain, Greece, China, Poland and Japan. The international title of the film is Christmas Story . In Finland, the film became the most successful domestic film of 2007.
Reviews
The Lexicon of International Films stated: "Atmospheric film adaptation of a Finnish Christmas legend that appeals to people's hearts."
Julia Nolte found in Zeit Online that it was a "heartfelt film" and continued:
“The miracle of a winter night is free from fuss. It shows Nikolas as a quiet, brave child and withdrawn adult - as a hermit whose greatest happiness is to give something to others. This soulful film might be too sad for younger children. "
The German film and media rating awarded the rating particularly valuable. In the jury evaluation, she expressed herself as follows:
“With its chubby hero and its simple, but always lovingly designed characters embodied by the actors with the necessary seriousness, the film tells an elementary story that also deals with separation, death, parental love, loyalty and poverty. With a child-friendly, slow narrative pace and loving equipment, the highlights of which are some beautifully photographed highly romantic Finnish snowy landscapes, this pleasantly old-fashioned film is a perfect and atmospheric package for the holidays. Children and adults will love it. "
Prices
Mika Orasmaa received a Jussi for his camera work. In addition, the film was awarded the audience award at the Jussis 2008. He also received the Audience Award at the Sarasota Film Festival in Florida.
Web links
- Miracle of a winter night - The Christmas story in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Miracle of a winter night - the Christmas story at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marko Leino - Miracles of a Winter Night (book review by Birgit Arnold, November 2008). Finland-Tour.de, November 2008, accessed on November 15, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Stein Morten Lund: Christmas Story, Joulutarina, Finland - Story of how Santa Claus came to be Santa. Travel Explorations, December 16, 2012, accessed November 15, 2017 .
- ↑ Miracles of a Winter Night - The Christmas Story in the online film database
- ↑ Christmas Story adS imdb.com
- ↑ Miracles of a Winter Night - The Christmas Story. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 15, 2017 .
- ↑ Julia Nolte: Christmas on DVD: Children, look, it's Christmas! Zeit Online , December 14, 2011, accessed November 15, 2017 .
- ↑ Wonder of a winter night. German Film and Media Rating (FBW) , accessed on November 15, 2017 .
- ↑ Miracles of a Winter Night - The Christmas Story. (No longer available online.) DieResidenz.at, archived from the original on November 16, 2017 ; accessed on November 15, 2017 . 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.
