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Beethoven's Christmas Adventure

Beethoven's Christmas Adventure

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Beethoven's Christmas Adventure

2011

1h 30m

6.0(162 votes)

Family

Comedy

Fantasy

Overview

A Christmas elf accidentally takes off in Santa's sleigh, crash lands in a small town, and loses the magic toy bag. Beethoven must rescue the elf, recover the bag from greedy crooks, and return the sleigh to Santa in time to save Christmas.

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Amazon Video

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Production Companies

Universal Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

John Cleese

John Cleese

Narrator

Munro Chambers

Munro Chambers

Mason

Kim Rhodes

Kim Rhodes

Christine

Jan Skene

Jan Skene

Gal in Crowd

Candace Smith

Candace Smith

Pedestrian Woman

Robert Picardo

Robert Picardo

Smirch

Curtis Armstrong

Curtis Armstrong

Kenny

Kyle Massey

Kyle Massey

Henry

John O'Hurley

John O'Hurley

Mr. Rexford

Ryan Miller

Catty Elf

Creative team

Directed by: John Putch

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