1987 · drama · mystery
The Ice Palace
1h 24m1987
During the Christmas show, Samson and Gert are visited by Sprinkel Sprankel. They are instructed to follow the red lantern so that they can visit Santa Claus's ice palace.
Our read: The Ice Palace (1987) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive drama · mystery entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / mystery, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- measured
Watching The Ice Palace tonight? Spin for your lens.
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How The Ice Palace feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want light Christmas puppet fun and a simple magical quest for young kids.”
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