Klaus (film)

Not to be confused with Klaus (comics).

Klaus
In a corridor between two houses (bearing some resemblance to a Christmas Tree), Klaus holding a large bag of items, Jesper holding a letter, and Alva, and Márgu. The Children are seen holding letters while the adults of the Krum and Ellingboe Clans hold items and exchange taunts. The tagline on top of the film's title reads "Welcome to the Jingle".
Release poster
Directed bySergio Pablos
Screenplay by
  • Sergio Pablos
  • Jim Mahoney
  • Zach Lewis
Story by
  • Sergio Pablos
Produced by
Starring
Edited byPablo Garcia Revert
Music byAlfonso G. Aguilar
Production
companies
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • 8 November 2019 (2019-11-08)
Running time
97 minutes
Countries
  • Spain
  • United States
Languages
  • English
  • Northern Sami
Budget$40 million[1]

Klaus is a 2019 animated Christmas adventure comedy film[2] written and directed by Sergio Pablos in his directorial debut,[3] produced by his company The SPA Studios and distributed by Netflix. Co-written by Zach Lewis and Jim Mahoney, and co-directed by Carlos Martinez Lopez, the traditionally animated film stars the voices of Jason Schwartzman, J.K. Simmons, Rashida Jones, Will Sasso, Neda Margrethe Labba, Sergio Pablos (in a dual role), Norm Macdonald (in his final film role released in his lifetime), and Joan Cusack. Serving as an alternate origin story of Santa Claus independent from the historical Saint Nicholas of Myra and using a fictional 19th-century setting, the plot revolves around a postman stationed in an island town to the Far North who befriends a reclusive toymaker (Klaus).

Klaus was released on 8 November 2019 and received critical acclaim for its animation, story, emotional depth, humor, narrative, and vocal performances. It won seven awards at the 47th Annie Awards, including Best Animated Feature, and also won Best Animated Film at the 73rd British Academy Film Awards. The film was also nominated at the 92nd Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature, making it the first animated film from Netflix to be nominated for an Academy Award, as well as the first animated film released by a streaming service to be nominated, alongside I Lost My Body (also Netflix),[4] which went to Toy Story 4, which also starred Cusack.[5]

  1. ^ "Klaus, Netflix's first animated film, presented at Annecy". Cineuropa. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  2. ^ Klaus (2019) - Sergio Pablos | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie, retrieved 25 February 2023
  3. ^ Grobar, Matt (17 December 2019). "Director Sergio Pablos Elevates Medium Of 2D Animation With 'Klaus,' Developing New Lighting Tools For Santa Claus Origin Story". Deadline. Archived from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Oscar nominees: It's David and Goliath in animation, but the little guy is well-armed". Los Angeles Times. 13 January 2020. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  5. ^ 2020|Oscars.org