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A CHRISTMAS TALE

SAGAN OM KARL-BERTIL JONSSONS JULAFTON

By Hannes HOLM

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Family - Post-Production 2021

It is Christmas time in a Swedish town in the 1940-ties. Karl-Bertil Jonsson’s future is predestined by his father, who is the owner of a large department store. As he one day meets Vera, a poor girl in his age living with her little sister at an orphanage in the slum ...

- Year of production
- 2021
- Genres
- Family
- Countries
- SWEDEN
- Languages
- SWEDISH
- Duration
- 100 mn
- Director(s)
- Hannes HOLM
- Writer(s)
- Michael HJORTH, Hannes HOLM, Johan KINDBLOM, Tomas TIVEMARK
- Cast
- Simon LARSSON, Sonja HOLM, Jonas KARLSSON
- Producer(s)
- Henrik WIDMAN (SF Studios), Anna ODENHALL (SF Studios)
- Synopsis
- It is Christmas time in a Swedish town in the 1940-ties. Karl-Bertil Jonsson’s future is predestined by his father, who is the owner of a large department store. As he one day meets Vera, a poor girl in his age living with her little sister at an orphanage in the slum, he realizes that some people are less fortunate than his family...
  
  Inspired by Robin Hood, Karl-Bertil decides to “to steal from the rich and give to the poor”. At his job in the post office he puts aside Christmas packages from rich people and hides them away. On Christmas eve he ventures out, dressed as Santa Claus, and heads for the slums to give away Christmas presents to the poor.
  
  Internationally acclaimed director Hannes Holm’s (A Man Called Ove, Ted – Show Me Love) upcoming feature film adaptation based on Tage Danielsson’s bestselling book, A Swedish Christmas Tale. The first adaption was an animation feature, which has become a true holiday classic, airing every year since 1975 in Sweden. The film stars 14-year old Simon Larson in the leading role as Karl-Bertil Jonsson. Jonas Karlsson (Quick, 2019; The Snowman, 2017) will play his father Tyko and Jennie Silfverhjelm (Beck, 2021; The Girl Who Played With Fire, 2009) will play his mother Marianne.