Santa Claus is a Stinker

Santa Claus is a Stinker
Directed byJean-Marie Poiré
Produced byYves Rousset-Rouard
StarringAnémone
Josiane Balasko
Marie-Anne Chazel
Christian Clavier
Gérard Jugnot
Thierry Lhermitte
Bruno Moynot
CinematographyRobert Alazraki
Edited byCatherine Kelber
Music byVladimir Cosma
Production
companies
  • Trinacra Films
  • Films A2
  • Les Films du Splendid
Distributed by
  • Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique (CCFC)
  • Groupement des Editeurs de Films (GEF)
Release date
  • 25 August 1982 (1982-08-25)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$10.3 million

Santa Claus is a Stinker (French: Le père Noël est une ordure, lit.'Father Christmas is a scumbag', or 'Father Christmas is a shit') is a French comedy play created in 1979 by the troupe Le Splendid and turned into a film directed by Jean-Marie Poiré in 1982.