Movie: Tomten: A Winter Tale

Top 4 Billed Cast

Hartwig Eriksen
Hartwig Eriksen

Tomten

Hilda Borgström
Hilda Borgström

Storyteller

Göran Bernhard
Göran Bernhard

Kiki
Kiki

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    A story about a house elf (tomte) preparing the stable for Christmas. Inspired by the famous poem by the Swedish writer Viktor Rydberg.

  • Release Date

    1941-12-08

  • Average

    6.333

  • Rating:

    3.2 starts
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    svenska
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