WHEN SANTA FELL TO EARTH
synopsis
The last real Father Christmas, Niklas, falls out of the sky into the street where Charlotte and Ben live. In the course of a thousand adventures peopled with fairytale characters, the two children help him to find his reindeer again and rescue Christmas from its exploitation by consumerist society.
| international title: | When Santa Fell to Earth |
| original title: | Als der Weihnachtsmann vom Himmel fiel |
| country: | Germany |
| sales agent: | Sola Media GmbH |
| year: | 2011 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Oliver Dieckmann |
| film run: | 107' |
| release date: | AT 24/11/2011, DE 24/11/2011 |
| screenplay: | Benjamin Biehn, Robin Getrost |
| cast: | Alexander Scheer, Noah Kraus, Mercedes Jadea Diaz |
| cinematography by: | Alexander Fischerkoesen |
| film editing: | Christian Nauheimer |
| art director: | Maximilian Lange |
| costumes designer: | Andrea Spanier |
| music: | Niki Reiser |
| producer: | Uschi Reich, Veit Heiduschka, Karl Blatz, Gabriele Heuser, Irene Wellershoff |
| production: | Bavaria Film, Wega Film, Dr. Wilfried Ackermann Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. KG, Kiddinx Filmproduktion, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) |
| backing: | FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, German Federal Film Fund, German Federal Film Board, FISA, Land Salzburg |
| distributor: | Constantin Film Verleih, Constantin Film |
