Jesper, a lonely woodworker, encounters a group of townspeople who are feuding over Christmas. The woodworker’s concept of Christmas helps to break the feud and bring the town together. ..
What’s Jesper’s task?
Jesper’s father sends him to Smeerensburg to deliver six thousand letters within a year. The old man makes it clear that if Jesper fails in achieving the target he will no longer be the rightful heir to the family fortune. ..
Jesper arrives in Smeerensburg, a town filled with anger and bitterness. The feud between two clans – the Ellingboes and the Krums – has caused a state of toxicity. Jesper meets Alva, a teacher turned fishmonger, who tells him about the state of the town. Alva informs Jesper that the town is clouded by the bitterness of the feud, and that hatred outweighs love.
How does Jesper meet Klaus?
Jesper comes across a house filled with handmade toys of all kinds. He notices the house is filled with a giant Woodsman called Klaus. Jesper flees fearing Klaus’s enormous size, but drops behind a drawing he got from a Krum child.
Klaus picks up a drawing and his curiosity is ignited. Later, he asks Jesper to take him to the house of the boy who made the drawing. Jesper does so. Klaus has a present for the boy, but it’s too big to fit into the mailbox. So, he launches Jesper up in the air, down the chimney, and into the house. Leaving the gift, Jesper immediately bolts out of the house.
Jesper gets to know children are willing to write letters to Klaus in hopes of getting toys. Believing it would be the best way to complete his target, Jesper persuades Klaus to donate toys in exchange for letters.
Klaus gives away toys to children who are well-behaved and he can see when they misbehave. The townspeople end their dispute by reopening Alva’s school.
What’s the secret behind Klaus’ toymaking?
Klaus runs out of toys to give to the kids. Jesper urges him to continue making toys.
Klaus reveals he made all the toys for the future kids he was once expecting to have with his wife, Lydia. However, they could never conceive and she died afterwards due to poor health. ..
Klaus decides to make toys for Christmas with help from Márgu and her people who are arriving to assist him.
Does Jesper leave Smeerensburg?
Jesper has found his new home in Smeerensburg and is very happy. He has made new friends and found a life partner here. He doesn’t want to leave the town, even though it has turned bright.
Jesper’s goal was to post six thousand letters, but after achieving that, his father returns home on Christmas Eve to take him back home. Through his father, the entire town gets to know Jesper had selfish motives behind posting the letter. Meanwhile, Jesper manages to convince his father to allow him to stay.
Does Smeerensburg forgive Jesper?
The townspeople of Jesper, Denmark, set out to destroy all the toys for Christmas. However, since Klaus and Alva already knew about Jesper’s reality from children, they swapped the toys with decoys.
Meanwhile, Krum and Ellingboe’s daughter fall in love. Krum is forgiven, and the town becomes a happy place.
Where does Klaus go in the end?
Jesper and Alva tie the knot in 2012 and have two children. Jesper continues toy delivery with Klaus for over 11 years, but in the 12th year, Klaus disappears saying he is going to join his departed wife. ..
Even though Jesper is gone, he still hopes he will come back and they will deliver toys again.
Klaus is a movie that perfectly emphasises the strength of goodness. It’s not the place that’s good or bad, instead, it’s the people who mark the characteristics of a place. When good people come together, enlightenment is possible even at the darkest of places.
Klaus is a great movie. It’s well-made, well-acted, and has a lot of interesting plot points. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to see a good movie.
