VOX Cultural Digest, Issue N.6!
December is the time to gear up for the holidays! With all the time to be spent around your loved ones, it’s important to get some family bonding time. So what better way than by watching movies?
We’ve put together a list of the most popular Christmas movies across different countries to give you a little inspiration.
Without further ado, here are our top picks: check the list below.
 It’s a Wonderful Life It’s a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film directed by Frank Capra. The main character, George Bailey (played by James Stewart), is the owner of a small company in an abstract American town. He is a kind and conscientious man, a loving husband and a good father. However, he has given up his personal dreams, in order to help others in his community, and whose suicide attempt on Christmas Eve brings about the intervention of his guardian angel. Language: English |
 Love Actually The main film in charge of the Christmas spirit in Great Britain, directed by Richard Curtis: a sentimental and touching collection of stories about how love reigns everywhere. A prime minister and a company executive, an office clerk and a widower mourning his wife and an elderly rocker – all of them are just children longing for the most important thing from Santa – love! Language: English |
 More Christmas movies in English: Elf is a 2003 American Christmas comedy film directed by Jon Favreau. Miracle on 34th Street is a 1947 American Christmas comedy-drama film. How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a 2000 American Christmas fantasy comedy-drama film. The Nightmare Before Christmas is a 1993 American stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy holiday film. |
 Le père Noël est une ordure Le père Noël est une ordure is a French comedy play created in 1979 by the troupe Le Splendid and turned into a film in 1982. The main film that is commonly seen in the run-up to Christmas is about incredible Christmas adventures in the office of a psychiatrical firm: sexually preoccupied clients, the transvestite Katya, the stinky dishes Pierre and Thérèse are served by their Eastern European neighbor, the boss stuck in the elevator, the pregnant client and Santa Claus the homeless man – these are the ingredients of a French Christmas cocktail directed by Jean-Marie Poiré. Language: French |
 Der 90. Geburtstag Meet the world’s most popular TV show! The German channel NDR recorded the production of the play “Dinner for One” in 1963, and from 1988 to 1995, the old black-and-white comic teleplay was the most popular program on Earth – it was shown more than 3300 times. It’s practically a mono-performance: there are only two actors in it. An old lady celebrates an anniversary and waits for guests, and the footman James tries to please Miss Sophie and acts as all her friends, occasionally hitting the bottle. Languages: English (with German introduction) |
 Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel is a Czechoslovak/East German fairy-tale film from 1973. This is a lovely fairy tale full of a sense of wonder! Cinderella (of course, the victim of her wicked stepmother) was constantly scraping ashes from the hearth but dreaming of a prince. Between dreams and cleaning, she spends her time perfecting her archery skills and galloping through the fields on the beautiful white horse Jurasik. And she was right – everything comes in handy in life… Languages: Czech, German |
 Il Natale che quasi non fu The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t is a 1966 American-Italian film that stars Rossano Brazzi and Paul Tripp. This comedy is about discretion in correspondence and promises. When Sam Whipple was a boy, he wrote a letter to Santa Claus in gratitude for presents, promising to help him in a difficult situation. And now it’s time to return the favor: the owner of the North Pole demands Santa’s rent and the gift factory. Languages: English, Italian |
 Морозко Jack Frost (Russian: Морозко, Morozko) is a 1964 Soviet romantic fantasy film made by Gorky Film Studio. It was based on a traditional Russian fairy tale Morozko. Despised by her stepmother, the lovely Nastya is sent to wander the forest alone. She is found by a boy who was cursed and the two encounter Father Frost. Language: Russian |
Have fun watching and learning languages!
