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How the Toys Saved Christmas
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How the Toys Saved Christmas

1996-12-05 · 92 min · ★ 7.2

Family · Animation · Fantasy

When Santa's helper La Befana falls ill and must take off a Christmas Eve, she recruits Scarafoni to help deliver all the toys. No one but the toys knows is that Scarafoni plans to auction off the toys to the highest bidder, which means the toys won't make it to the children who have been good all year and deserve them. The toys decide to deliver themselves, and the story follows them as they struggle to avoid the heartless Scarafoni and to find their true homes.

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Directors
Enzo D'Alò
Production companies
Alpha-Film (II), Lanterna Magica, Monipoly Productions, Fama Film
Countries
Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Luxembourg
Status
Released

Top Cast

Alida MilanaFrancesco (voice)
Lella CostaLella CostaLa Befana (voice)
Monica BertolottiMonica BertolottiSpicciola (voice)
Dario FoDario FoScarafoni (voice)
Roberto StocchiRoberto StocchiOrsacchiotto di peluche (voice)
Vittorio AmandolaVittorio AmandolaCapitano Mezza Barba (voice)
Pino AmmendolaPastello blu (voice), Pastello verde (voice)
Vittorio BattarraCapostazione (voice)
Rodolfo BianchiRodolfo BianchiGenerale (voice)
Fabio BoccaneraFabio BoccaneraLesto (voice)
Marco BolognesiDon Juan (voice)
Rino BolognesiPenna d'Argento (voice)
Giorgio BorghettiArturo (voice)
Marco BrescianiMarco BrescianiPilota (voice)
George CastigliaAristide (voice)
Daniela CavalliniSilvana (voice), Attrice (voice)
Roberto CertomàRoberto CertomàMarito povero (voice)
Laura CosenzaLaura CosenzaMoglie Povera (voice), Cassiera (voice)
Alessio De FilippisFilippo Maria (voice)
Stefano de FilippisFranco (voice)

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