The Story of Christmas

Nov 25, 2016

1h 0m

★ 6.0

Overview

The Augsburger Puppenkiste brings the biblical story of Christmas onto the big screen. On time for Christmas, the tale of Maria, Joseph and Baby Jesus is told in all of Germany.

Genres

Family

Production Companies

Arnold & Richter (ARRI)

Augsburger Puppenkiste

KIKO Theater-, Film- und Fernsehproduktions GmbH (Kissing)

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Cast

Melchior / Lukas (voice)

Martin Muliar

Kaspar (voice)

Thomas Kitsche

Balthasar (voice)

Peter Resler

Noel (voice)

Gerd Meyer

Maria (voice)

Birge Funke

Josef (voice)

Florian Innerebner

Aaron (voice)

Martin Stefaniak

Matthias (voice)

Stefan Schmieder

Centurio (voice)

Karsten Troyke

Esther (voice)

Katja Schild

Camel Lady (voice)

Carolin Sophie Göbel

Jesus (voice)

Esther Miriam Reinicke

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