Check out this incredible list with some versions of Christmas classics that you may never have seen.
With the arrival of Christmas, many families already set aside their popcorn to watch some classic Christmas movies alongside the people they love most. In addition to eating delicious food, decorating the house and opening gifts, the season is also perfect for having fun with family members watching good programming.
Over the years, some classic tales that are famous all over the world have been adapted into cinematographic versions, which have also been successful on international screens. However, some of these adaptations may not be as well known to the public.
That’s why Recreio separated 5 adaptations of Christmas classics that maybe you’ve never seen. Check out!
1. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1948)
Before the release of the classic 1964 stop-motion film, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” had another version in 1948. The 2D animation was done by Max Fleischerand was inspired by the 1939 story rather than the children’s song of the same name.
2. The Nutcracker: The Movie (1986)
At some point in your life, you have certainly watched an adaptation of “The Nutcracker”. The story was created in the year 1816 by ETA Hoffmannand gained popularity after being turned into a ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky🇧🇷
Despite having numerous famous adaptations out there, one that almost nobody remembers is the 1980 one, which was inspired by the work of Tchaikovskyand it is a filmed theatrical production.
3. The Snow Queen (1957)
The children’s tale “The Snow Queen”, written by Hans Christian Andersen in 1844, he was responsible for inspiring Disney’s animation “Frozen”. However, what many don’t know is that the story had already received an animated adaptation years before, in 1957.
The animation was produced by the Soviet studio Soyuzmultfilm, and released during the Cold War, and acquired by Universal Pictures some time later. He was responsible for, at the time, uniting the cultures between the USSR and the USA, and helping to reduce tension between the countries.
4. The Night Before Christmas (1905)
The short film “A Noite Antes do Natal”, released in 1905, is an adaptation inspired by the classic Christmas poem “Twas the Night Before Christmas”, by Clement Clarke Moorepublished in 1823.
5. Scrooge’s Ghosts (A Christmas Carol) (1938)
the work of Charles Dickens, “A Christmas Carol”, popularly known in Brazil as “Os Fantasmas de Scrooge”, has already received dozens of adaptations for theater and cinema. One of the first to be released was the 1938 feature, being responsible for transforming the story into something more familiar, after removing more mature scenes from the plot.
Source: Recreio
