Santa Claus and the Magic Drum
| Santa Claus and the Magic Drum | |
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| Finnish: Joulupukki ja noitarumpu | |
| Based on | Santa Claus and the Magic Drum by Mauri Kunnas |
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| Producer | Jussi-Pekka Koskiranta |
| Editor | Päivi Myllymäki |
| Running time | 51 minutes |
| Production company | Yleisradio |
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| Release | 24 December 1996 |
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Santa Claus and the Magic Drum (original Finnish title: Joulupukki ja noitarumpu, Swedish: Jultomten och trolltrumman) is a 1996 Finnish-Hungarian animation film. The story is based on a 1995 children's book of the same name by Mauri Kunnas. The 51-minute film has been recorded in Finnish, English (British) and Swedish. It was made for TV broadcasting and was first shown on Christmas Eve 1996, and has been broadcast on YLE TV2 nearly every Christmas Eve since. Santa Claus and the Magic Drum has been sold to over 40 countries.
In addition to Mauri Kunnas and his wife Tarja Kunnas, the illustrator Sami Toivonen and the cartoonist Kari Korhonen participated in the designing of the animation. The animation work of the film was subcontracted to a Hungarian animation studio Funny Films, operating in Pécs, and involved 50 people.