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English Titles C

Christmas Star, The

Original title: O vanocní hvezde
German title: Als ein Stern vom Himmel fiel
Czech Republic, Germany, Slovak Republic, 2020

Director: Janak, Karel
Production company: Czech TV, Universal Production Partners
Co-producers: RTVS – Rozhlas a televi?zia Slovenska, MDR – KiKa – Der Kinderkanal von ARD und ZDF, FilmWorx Studios
Age recommendation: 8 years and up
Length: 92 min.
Film genre: Feature film

Synopsis:
Even stars contend with the same relationship issues that humans do. No one is perfect and each star has its faults. Even our heroine, Morning Star, whose significant other is the much admired Sirius. One day, the jealous Proxima knocks Morning Star out of the sky, and she lands in a village where our terrestrial hero, the teacher Vaclav, lives. Vaclav is secretly in love with a princess. Morning Star has only a few days to get back into the sky, otherwise she will be extinguished. The only other thing that can keep her alive should she not make it back to her heavenly home in time is pure and unselfish love. Morning Star therefore decides to bring Vaclav and the princess together. Her plans, however, keep being thwarted by Proxima, who flies down to Earth to destroy her. Then there is Sirius’s helper, however, who sets out to save her...

Festivals:
Schlingel CFF Chemnitz 2020

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Czech TV (CZ)