Jól á leið til jarðar

Jól á leið til jarðar (English: Christmas on the Way to Earth) is an Icelandic television series that first aired on Icelandic public television channel Sjónvarpið in December 1994. The series is a part of Jóladagatal Sjónvarpsins, an ongoing series of televised advent calendars. It was created by Sigurður Örn Brynjólfsson and Friðrik Erlingsson, and was the first stop-motion advent calendar on Icelandic television. The show was produced at Nukufilm studios in Tallinn, Estonia.[1]

Jól á leið til jarðar
Opening titles
GenreStop motion children's miniseries
Christmas calendar
Created bySigurður Örn Brynjólfsson
Friðrik Erlingsson
Written byFriðrik Erlingsson
Directed bySigurður Örn Brynjólfsson
StarringSigurður Sigurjónsson
Laddi
Örn Árnason
Narrated byÖrn Árnason
Theme music composerSigurður Rúnar Jónsson
Country of originIceland
Original languageIcelandic
No. of episodes24
Production
CinematographyUrmas Sepp
EditorsSigurður Örn Brynjólfsson
Kulli Jaama
Ivar Hansen
Production companySiggi Anima Stuudio
BudgetISK 11 million
Release
Original networkSjónvarpið
Original release1 December 
24 December 1994 (1994-12-24)
Chronology
Preceded byTveir á báti (1992) (previous original production)
Followed byHvar er Völundur? (1996) (next original production)

The show was voiced by actors and comedians Sigurður Sigurjónsson, Laddi and Örn Árnason.

Jól á leið til jarðar was rerun on Sjónvarpið in December 1999 and 2007.

A physical advent calendar containing leads to each episode's plot was published in conjunction with the initial airing of the series.

Premise

Two inexperienced angels from heaven must deliver a casket containing the holiday of Christmas to Earth in time for Christmas Eve, as the evil Öngull attempts to steal the casket, and sink it in the deepest black hole in space.

References

  1. "Brúðumyndin kemur til Íslands". Morgunblaðið. 24 November 1994. Retrieved 15 Feb 2011.
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