Pettson & Findus: The Santa Machine

Pettson & Findus: The Santa Machine

2005 · 79 min · ★ 6.4 · Animation, Family

The old man PETTSON and his cat FINDUS live on a small farm way out in the countryside in Sweden. Christmas is approaching, and Pettson has given Findus the rash promise that THE TOMTE will come around with gifts for him at Christmas Eve. Pettson does not believe in the Tomte, but in order not to disappoint his cat, he decides to build an artificial Tomte - a mechanical TOMTE MACHINE. Pettson has a hard time keeping the project secret from Findus and getting the machine to actually work in due time. But somehow a mysterious magical force interferes...

Directed by Anders Sørensen · Written by Torbjörn Jansson

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Tord Peterson Pettson (voice)
Lukas Larsson Findus (voice)
Gunnar Uddén Gustavsson (voice)
Andreas Nilsson Mailman (voice)
Mona Seilitz Prillan (voice)
Birgitta Andersson Signhild (voice)
Margaretha Byström Elsa (voice)
Niclas Ekholm Forest Ranger (voice)
Cecilia Lundh Hen (voice)
Jenny Gille Hen (voice)
Elvira Dietmann Josefina (voice)
Ludvig Dietmann Lasse (voice)

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