Christmas Story

Christmas Story (Finnish: Joulutarina) is a 2007 Finnish Christmas drama film directed by Juha Wuolijoki. It is the story of how an orphan called Nikolas became Santa Claus. An English version produced by Lightning Media was released in 2009 by Anchor Bay Entertainment

Synopsis

Hundreds of years ago in Lapland, a little boy named Nikolas loses his family in an accident. The villagers decide to look after the orphaned boy together. Once a year - at Christmas - Nikolas moves to a new home. To show his gratitude, Nikolas decides to make toys for the children of the families as good-bye presents. Over the years, Nikolas's former adoptive families become many, and soon almost every house has presents on its doorstep on Christmas morning. At thirteen, Nikolas is sent to live and work with Iisakki, a grumpy old carpenter, who forbids Nikolas to continue making presents for Christmas. Gradually, however, Nikolas wins Iisakki's trust. Together they begin to look after the Christmas traditional that Nikolas has begun. When the aged Iisakki has to leave Nikolas and move away, the tradition of Christmas presents is once again at risk. Thankfully, Nikolas comes up with a solution that brings children joy every Christmas, even continuing to today.

Cast[]

Character	Original Actor	Dub Actor
Nikolas/Santa Claus	Hannu-Pekka Björkman	Noah Emmerich
	Otto Gustavsson (13 years)	Erron Elcock
	Jonas Rinne (7 years)	Jason Elcock
Isaac	Kari Väänänen	John Turturro
Emil	Mikko Kouki	Michael Badalucco
	Oskari Heimonen (11 years)	Russell A. Koplin
	Roi Ron (5 years)	Jordan Elcock
Aada	Laura Birn	Katherine Borowitz
Aada	Nella Silasmaa (9 years)	Rachel Cantor
Gideon	Mauri Heikkilä	Ron Crawford
Aleksandra	Eeva Soivio	Jennifer Barnhart
Kristiina	Minna Haapkylä	Russell A. Koplin
Thomas	Mikko Leppilampi	Jim Poulos
Michael	Antti Tuisku	Jim Poulos
Michael	Alpo Sipilä (9 years)	Noa Kaskinen
Einari	Matti Ristinen	Joseph Scarpinito
Hilda	Pirjo Leppänen	Katherine Borowitz
Meeri	Saara Pakkasvirta	Jennifer Barnhart
Henrik	Ville Virtanen	Joseph Scarpinito

Notes[]

The roles of Herman, Elsa, Heino and Laura are undubbed in the English version.

Video Releases[]

Distributor	Year	Format	Region	Country
Anchor Bay Entertainment	2009		1 NTSC	United States

External Links[]

Christmas Story at the Internet Movie Database