Santa Claus (1959)
- Directed by
- René Cardona
- Genre
- fantasy film, children's film, Christmas film
- Country
- Mexico
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 208 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Santa Claus lives in a space station and makes toys. A demon named Pitch tries to make children misbehave on Christmas Eve.
whimsicalcampyotherworldlychildlikegood vs. evillow-budgetsurrealdated
What happens
Santa Claus (also known as Santa Claus vs. the Devil) is a 1959 Mexican fantasy film directed by René Cardona, co-written by Adolfo Torres Portillo, and starring José Elías Moreno, Cesáreo Quezadas "Pulgarcito", Queta Lavat, Leopoldo «Polo» Ortin and Nora Veryán. This film marked the film debut of the actress Graciela Lara. In this film, Santa Claus works in outer space and battles with a demon named Pitch, sent to Earth by Lucifer to ruin Christmas by exposing Santa to the public and "making all the children of the Earth do evil". In 1960, a slightly edited English language dubbing of the film was produced for release in the United States by K. Gordon Murray. The film achieved wider recognition and a cult following after it was lampooned on a 1993 episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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