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

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)

Trailer

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