WHEN FATHER CHRISTMAS FELL FROM HEAVEN
A film by Oliver Dieckmann
CAST Alexander Scheer, Noah Kraus, Jadea Diaz, Jessica Schwarz, Fritz Karl, Volker Lechtenbrink a.o
SCREENPLAY AND DIRECTOR Oliver Dieckmann
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Alexander Fischerkoesen
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Maximilian Lange
COSTUME DESIGNER Andrea Spanier
SOUND ENGINEER Johannes Paiha
EDITOR Christian Nauheimer
COMPOSER Christian Kolonovits
SUPERVISING PRODUCER AUSTRIA Michael Katz
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Bernd Krause
PRODUCERS Veit Heiduschka, Uschi Reich, Karl Blatz, Eberhard Wecker
PRODUCTION COMPANIES Wega-Filmproduktion, Bavariafilmverleih- und Produktion, Kiddinx Filmproduction
FORMAT 90 min., 35 mm, Colour, Dolby SRD, © 2011
Synopsis
Ben and his parents have just moved to another city, where his mother plans to open a cake shop once Christmas and New Year are over with. But Ben isn’t happy in his new home. As soon as he walks into class at his new school he is told to sit next to Charlotte, a hippy girl who comes across as very arrogant. And he can’t seem to make friends with the other kids he encounters here, either. But then suddenly Father Christmas - Niklas Julebukk himself, complete with his own caravan - falls out of the sky and lands right at Ben’s feet! Father Christmas has been trying to escape from the evil Waldemar Wichteltod and his Nutcracker Army, who are trying to force Niklas Julebukk and everyone else in Christmas World to become part of Waldemar Wichteltod’s artificial, commercialized Christmas. But Julebukk is determined to resist. The question is, will Ben and Charlotte be able to help him?
