A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
November 16, 2007
Original Title:
Joulutarina
Alternate Titles:
En Julberättelse
Julemandens Gave
Jõululugu
Mia istoria gia ton Agio Vasili
Miracolo di una notte di inverno
Vánocní príbeh
Wunder einer Winternacht - Die Weihnachtsgeschichte
Genres:
Family | Fantasy
Production Companies:
Snapper Films
Production Countries:
Finland
Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 6 FI: S
Runtime: 83
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.
Click each video panel to show or hide.
Although TheMovieDB might provide a key to a YouTube video, there is no guarantee that the video might be present at YouTube.
Assistant Costume Designer:
Niina Huovinen
Assistant Director:
Jouni Mutanen
Yrjö Nieminen
Assistant Makeup Artist:
Essi Orava
Nora Pippingsköld
Boom Operator:
Panu Riikonen
Vesa Meriläinen
Casting:
Pia Pesonen
Tutsa Huuhka
Co-Executive Producer:
Joseph Scarpinito
Penny Luedtke
Michael Badalucco
Colorist:
Marko Terävä
Costume Design:
Anu Pirilä
Director:
Juha Wuolijoki
Director of Photography:
Mika Orasmaa
Editor:
Harri Ylönen
Executive Producer:
Xiaojuan Zhou
First Assistant Camera:
Mika Ailasmäki
Jan Granström
Gaffer:
Jani Pinomaa
Key Grip:
Riku Roimu
Tommi Tikanoja
Lighting Technician:
Mika Lehikoinen
Makeup Artist:
Salla Yli-Luopa
Makeup Designer:
Riikka Virtanen
Online Editor:
Petteri Linnus
Original Music Composer:
Leri Leskinen
Producer:
Juha Wuolijoki
Production Design:
Okku Rahikainen
Production Manager:
Aleksi Hyvärinen
Production Sound Mixer:
Paul Jyrälä
Joonas Jyrälä
Screenplay:
Marko Leino
Script Supervisor:
Milla Vilmi
Anni Pänkäälä
Second Assistant Camera:
Nea Salminen
Teemu Koivisto
Sound Designer:
Joonas Jyrälä
Paul Jyrälä
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Olli Pärnänen
Special Effects Technician:
Raine Toikkanen
Story:
Marko Leino
Aku Louhimies
Juha Wuolijoki
Wigmaker:
Tiina Winter
Most data and links to images for the Movies section come from TheMovieDB (TMDB).
Additional data for Film Titles come from The Open Movie Database (OMDb).
At least one plug-in comes from IMDb.
Data are -- hey, it's a plural -- subject to the limitations of their sources. (For example, TMDB search results currently max out at 20.) I am limiting myself to free data sources for now. (No, a "free trial" is not free.)
While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:
Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
Whereas the overall purpose of this website is to serve as a personal demo/portfolio/workshop of web and data skills, this Movies section is not meant to compete with or substitute for far more definitive movie websites.
Whether or not he still clings to an award which he won in 1986 as a film critic for his college's newspaper, Jeffrey Hartmann is not responsible for the texts of overviews and biographies supplied by external data sources.