Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

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Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

"This Christmas everyone will believe in Santa Claus"

2010

1h 23m

6.2(601 votes)

Fantasy

Horror

Overview

Young Pietari lives with his reindeer-herding father in arctic Finland. On the eve of Christmas, a nearby excavation makes a frightening discovery and an evil Santa Claus is unleashed…

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Cast & Crew

31 members

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Onni Tommila

Pietari

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Jorma Tommila

Rauno

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Tommi Korpela

Aimo

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Rauno Juvonen

Piiparinen

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Per Christian Ellefsen

Riley

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Ilmari Järvenpää

Juuso

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Peeter Jakobi

Pietari's Elf

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Jonathan Hutchings

Greene

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Risto Salmi

Sheriff

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Jens Sivertsen

Main Elf

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Sigmund Bøe

Main Elf

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Olav Pedersen

Main Elf

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Nils M. Iselvmo

Main Elf

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Steinar Skogstad

Elf

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Nils Nymo

Elf

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Hjalmar Iselvmo

Elf

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Steinar Tunes

Elf

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Torgeir Fosberg

Elf

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Tor Kvammen

Elf

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Hans Prestbakmo

Elf

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Alf Roald Pedersen

Elf

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Nikolaj Alsterdal

Elf

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Knut Osa Greger

Cargo Santa

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Kjell Tore Nordli

Helicopter Pilot

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Stein-Erik Olsen

Herdsman

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Atle Kirkegård

Miner

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Hans Lindgård

Miner

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Einar Fagertun

Miner

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Bjørn Pedersen

Miner

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Tommy Svendsen

Miner

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Chaton Anderson

Trina (uncredited)

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