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The boy and the tree
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The boy and the tree

2009-12-31 · 30 min · ★ 7.7

Animation · Family · TV Movie

One evening close to Christmas, the tree, having seen the splendidly trimmed Christmas trees standing in the windows of nearby houses, and longing to be as beautiful as they are, begs the boy to trim it too. But the boy has neither ornaments nor money to buy any, in fact he has nothing. How can he make this withered, shriveled tree look beautiful, there in the middle of a filthy, freezing pavement? And yet this night will prove to be a very different night from every other. It will be a night when dreams come true, a night of enchantment and magic.

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Directors
Panagiotis Rappas
Production companies
Time Lapse Pictures, ERT
Countries
Greece
Status
Released

Top Cast

Thodoris AtheridisThodoris Atheridis(voice)
Pavlos HaikalisPavlos Haikalis(voice)
Pavlos KontoyannidisPavlos Kontoyannidis(voice)
Mihalis MitrousisMihalis Mitrousis(voice)
Maria NafpliotouMaria NafpliotouPrincess (voice)
Dimitris PiatasDimitris Piatas(voice)
Dionysis SavvopoulosDionysis SavvopoulosTree (voice)
Danae SkiadiDanae SkiadiBoy (voice)

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