David and the Elves (Polish: Dawid i Elfy) is a 2021 Polish Christmas comedy film directed by Michał Rogalski from a screenplay by Mateusz Kuczewski and Marcin Baczyński. The film was released worldwide on Netflix on December 6, 2021.[1][2]
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| Polish | Dawid i Elfy |
| Directed by | Michał Rogalski |
| Starring | Cyprian Grabowski Jakub Zając Cezary Żak Monika Krzywkowska Anna Smołowik Michał Czernecki |
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| Distributed by | Netflix |
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| Country | Poland |
| Language | Polish |
Plot
editA young boy named David lives with his parents and grandparents in the Tatra Mountains, and celebrates his Christmas spirit there and enjoys spending time with his family. 1 year later, he moves to Warsaw with his parents, who now have much more work and had lost both of their Christmas spirits.
During the Christmas season, a popular elf named Albert runs away from the North Pole to restore his Christmas power, despite Santa's warnings, Albert believes that people love him, but reality turns out to be different. He runs into David at the park and befriends him, Albert causes mischief during their time together, such as turning a giant truck into a toy, replacing the Christmas tree into a drum set, and turning Piotr's fake Christmas beard into a real one. David tries to explain all of this to his parents by referring Albert as a thief.
Santa decides to search for Albert, and realises that he is slowly losing his Christmas power during his time with David, which can cause him to turn into a toy. Albert begins helping David using his magic, but doesn't realise how this is affecting him.
When Albert loses his powers, he decides to journey back to the North Pole, David comes with him to help him get to know the real world, David's parents along with Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus, search for them. The two take shelter in a forest at night, but Albert becomes a toy when David falls asleep, this reverts all the magic he had done before. When David realises this, he runs with a now-toy Albert towards towards his grandparents' house, David's parents also come at the same time, Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus arrive at the scene.
David tries everything to make Albert come back to life, David goes outside and finds footprints, Albert then appears behind him, much to the joy of David. Santa, Mrs. Claus and Albert return to the North Pole, and David and his parents' regain their Christmas spirt and spend time together, and ends with the latter singing Christmas carols, along with Albert and the other elves.
Cast
edit- Cyprian Grabowski as David Kosmala
- Jakub Zając as Albert the Elf
- Anna Smolownik as Hania Kosmala, David's Mom
- Michal Czernecki as Piotr Kosmala, David's Dad
- Cezary Żak as Santa Claus
- Monika Krzywkowska as Mrs. Claus
- Piotr Rogucki as Erwin the Elf
- Elżbieta Jarosik as Grandma Matylda
- Witold Dębicki as Grandpa Ignacy
Production
editThe movie was filmed mostly in Zakopane and Warsaw, Poland. It was released on December 6, 2021.[citation needed]
Reception
editCommon Sense Media rated it 2 out of 5 stars.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "David and the Elves (2021) Review: One Legendary Christmas Miracle". Leisure Byte. 6 December 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
- ^ "'Dawid i Elfy' 6 grudnia na Netfliksie. W obsadzie Żak i Rogucki". www.wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). 12 November 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
- ^ Borget, Jennifer. "David and the Elves". Common Sense Media. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
External links
edit- David and the Elves at Filmweb (Polish)
- https://www.netflix.com/pl/title/81416534 - Official site on Netflix
- David and the Elves at IMDb