Der Weihnachtsmann heißt Willi
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Five-year-old Peter and his older brother Hans drop the Christmas present for their parents in the middle of the road and it gets flattened by a car. Deeply distressed, they go to a Christmas fair and buy a lottery ticket with their remaining money. To their delight, they win a washing machine! Peter is especially excited when Santa Claus shows up and promises to transport the machine for him, but the old man instead vanishes with the boys' gift. Hans is convinced that Peter has been conned and chases after the fleeing Santa. But Peter simply cannot believe that Santa Claus could be anything other than kind and helpful.
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Cast
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Karsten Lekve
Peter
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Ronald Jacob
Hans
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Steffi Sluka
Tina
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Rolf Herricht
Weihnachtsmann Willi
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Jiří Vršťala
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Dieter Wien
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Fritze Bollmann will nicht angeln
Fred Delmare
Taxifahrer Klaus
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In All Friendship
Zur See
Ernst-Georg Schwill
Dido
Known for
Scene of the Crime
Günter Schubert
Beppo
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Zur See
Bereitschaft Dr. Federau
Horst Papke
Taxifahrer
Also in
Spuk im Hochhaus
Gritta of the Rats' Castle
Werner Pfeifer
Felino
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Scene of the Crime
Ingrid Reschke Director · Inge Heym Writer Ota Hofman Writer
First release November 30, 1969 · Produced in XG, Germany · Production DEFA
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
DEFA
Production
XG · Germany
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · November 30, 1969
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No release date listed for United States.
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