Film · 1977 · 60 Min. · Animation, TV-Film · ★ 10,0

Simple Gifts

A collection of animated Christmas shorts: An original Maurice Sendak piece about a boy with nothing to give for Christmas -- An excerpt from the early part of Virginia Woolf's "Orlando" set in a time of extreme cold in Tudor England -- A short based on the Toonerville Trolley -- A bittersweet excerpt from Moss Hart's autobiography "Act One" narrated by Jose Ferrer -- A reading from the Christmas day entry from the diary of 11-year-old Teddy Roosevelt -- A reading of a letter by Captain Edward James Hulse describing the surprising Christmas Truce of 1914 -- An animated version by R.O. Blechman of his own book "Tutto Esaurito" (No Vacancy) about the travels of Mary and Joseph.

Besetzung

• Colleen Dewhurst – Self - Host
• Hermione Gingold – Narrator (segment "The Great Frost") (voice)
• José Ferrer – Narrator (segment "A Memory of Christmas") (voice)
• Dean Wareham – Narrator (segment "My Christmas") (voice)
• David Jones – Narrator (segment "December 25, 1914") (voice)
• Paul Dooley – (segment "Lost & Found") (voice)
• Claudette Sutherland – (segment "Lost & Found") (voice)

Hinter der Kamera

• R.O. Blechman – Director
• Maurice Sendak – Writer
• R.O. Blechman – Writer
• Phillip Schopper – Director

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