Das wundersame Weihnachtsfest des Karl-Bertil Jonsson

What's it about?

The Miraculous Christmas of Karl-Bertil Jonsson Book & direction: Hannes Holm, Sweden 2021, family film, 100 minutes Thursday, December 17, 5:00 PM Stockholm in the 1940s, shortly before Christmas: 14-year-old Karl-Bertil Jonsson grows up as the son of a wealthy department store director in orderly circumstances. While his strict father has already planned his future in the family business, Karl-Bertil dreams of adventures and admires his great hero Robin Hood. When he meets Vera, who lives with her little sister in a run-down orphanage, he becomes aware of how unevenly life is distributed. He is especially shaken by the fate of the two girls, because Vera's sister is to be adopted by a wealthy couple. Determined to help, Karl-Bertil hatches a brave plan: he secretly steals Christmas gifts from his father's department store to distribute them to needy children in the city....

Where?

Kulturkino Gmünd
Hauptplatz 25

Organiser: Künstler:innenstadt Gmünd gemeinnützige Privatstiftung