---
title: 'The Magic Crystal (2011)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Antti Haikala'
released: '2011-11-18'
runtime_minutes: 72
countries:
  - 'Finland'
  - 'Belgium'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-magic-crystal-2011'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0986361/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Magic Crystal (2011)

2011 · 72 min · Finland, Belgium

Original title: Maaginen kristalli

## Synopsis

The Magic Crystal, also released as Santa's Magic Crystal and The Elf that Rescued Christmas in the UK, is a 2011 computer-animated Christmas film directed by Antti Haikala from a screenplay by Haikala, Bob Swain, Dan Wicksman, Nuria Wicksman and Alessandro Liggieri. The film is part of a unified multimedia concept developed by Mikael Wahlfors, which also includes Andrew Bernhardt's Special Patrol children's books, the Italian-produced animated series Red Caps, and the mobile app World Polar Heroes. The Magic Crystal was produced by the Epidem ZOT, Aranéo and Skyline Animation.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Antti Haikala](https://cinepixo.com/people/antti-haikala)
- **Screenplay:** [Antti Haikala](https://cinepixo.com/people/antti-haikala), [Thomas Wipf](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-wipf), [Bob Swain](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-swain), [Dan Wicksman](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-wicksman), [Nuria Wicksman](https://cinepixo.com/people/nuria-wicksman), [Alessandro Liggieri](https://cinepixo.com/people/alessandro-liggieri), [Kurt Weldon](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-weldon), [Aki Martikainen](https://cinepixo.com/people/aki-martikainen)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Menno van Riet](https://cinepixo.com/people/menno-van-riet)
- **Producer:** [Mikael Wahlforss](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikael-wahlforss), [Mark Mertens](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-mertens)

## Cast

- [Maria Kemppainen](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-kemppainen)
- [Aarni Hyökki](https://cinepixo.com/people/aarni-hyokki) as poika
- [Jon-Jon Geitel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-jon-geitel) as Smoo
- [Joonathan Kettunen](https://cinepixo.com/people/joonathan-kettunen)
- [Veikko Honkanen](https://cinepixo.com/people/veikko-honkanen) as Joulupukki
- [Santtu Karvonen](https://cinepixo.com/people/santtu-karvonen) as Poro
- [Aapo Haikala](https://cinepixo.com/people/aapo-haikala) as Alpo
- [Rauno Ahonen](https://cinepixo.com/people/rauno-ahonen) as orpokodin johtaja
- [Antti Jaakola](https://cinepixo.com/people/antti-jaakola) as Lätty
- [Paula Vesala](https://cinepixo.com/people/paula-vesala) as Jaga
- [Juha Paananen](https://cinepixo.com/people/juha-paananen)
- [Minna Tasanto](https://cinepixo.com/people/minna-tasanto) as äiti
- [Veeti Kallio](https://cinepixo.com/people/veeti-kallio) as Basil
- [Juhani Rajalin](https://cinepixo.com/people/juhani-rajalin)
- [Henni-Liisa Stam](https://cinepixo.com/people/henni-liisa-stam) as Didi

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-magic-crystal-2011
Film facts: Wikidata (Q11880298); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.