Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton

Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton
poster
Written by	Tage Danielsson
Directed by	Per Åhlin
Starring	Tage Danielsson Per Andrén Toivo Pawlo Marianne Stjernqvist Åke Fridell Catrin Westerlund
Narrated by	Tage Danielsson
Country of origin	Sweden
Original language(s)	Swedish
Production
Producer(s)	Lance H. Robbins Cheryl Saban
Cinematography	Thomas L. Callaway
Running time	23 minutes
Distributor	Pennfilm Studio
Release
Original network	TV1
Original release	24 December 1975 (1975-12-24) (Sweden)

Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton (English: Christopher's Christmas Mission) is a 1975 Swedish animated short film directed by Per Åhlin, adapted from Tage Danielsson's short story of the same name, telling the tale of a boy who steals Christmas gifts from the wealthy to give to the poor people of Stockholm while working in a post office on Christmas Eve. The film has gained huge popularity in Sweden, and is broadcast every Christmas Eve on Swedish and Norwegian national television. It is also often shown on Christmas Eve by FST in Finland.

The film was dubbed to English into 1987, with Bernard Cribbins as the voice-over.

Cast

Tage Danielsson as narrator
Per Andrén as Karl-Bertil Jonsson
Toivo Pawlo as Tyko Jonsson
Marianne Stjernqvist as Mrs Jonsson
Åke Fridell as H.K. Bergdahl
Catrin Westerlund as Mrs Bergdahl

Criticism

A Swedish debate about the tale's moral nature has sparked every few years ever since SVT started broadcasting it annually, with critics arguing that it is too political and that stealing isn't really on par with traditional Christmas spirit. Danielsson's response was that it is only a fairy tale and shouldn't be overanalyzed.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

↑ Stymne, Joakim (2005-12-14). "Tyko Jonssons julafton" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
↑ Skarin, Anna (2008-12-25). "Blondinbella: Karl-Bertil Jonsson är dåtidens AFA" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
↑ Flakierski, Gregor (2008-12-18). "Den alternativa julens Kalle Anka" (in Swedish). Flamman. Retrieved 2009-06-11.

External links

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