''Letters to Santa 4'' () is a 2021

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romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Ro ...

directed by

Patrick Yoka Patrick Yoka (born 1975) is a Polish television and film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his work on television series ''The Lousy World'' (2000–2017), ''Niania'' (2006–2007), ''Family.pl'' (2011–2020), and ''True Law'' (201 ...

, and written by Marcin Baczyński and Mariusz Kuczewski. It is the fourth installment following the events of the 2011 film ''

Letters to Santa Santa Claus (also known as Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle or Santa) is a legendary figure originating in Western Christianity, Western Christian culture who is said to Christmas gift-bringer, bring gifts during the ...

'' by

Mitja Okorn Mitja Okorn (born 26 January 1981) is a Slovenian film director and screenwriter. Most known as director of '' Letters to Santa'', '' Planet Single'' and his Hollywood debut ''Life in a Year''. Early life He was born on 26 January 1981 in Kranj ...

. The action takes place in

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

, Poland, during

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and follows the lives of characters from the first film, focusing on various aspects of love as shown through separate stories involving a wide variety of individuals, many of whom are shown to be interlinked as the tales progress. As in the first film, its plot refers to the 2003 romantic comedy ''

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'', though the events differ in those films. The film was produced by TVN and distributed by

Kino Świat Kino Świat ("world cinema") is a Polish independent film distributor and producer. The company was founded in Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Polan ...

. It premiered on 1 February 2021 on an online streaming service Player.pl. The film was followed by ''

Letters to Santa 5 ''Letters to Santa 5'' () is a 2022 Polish-language romantic comedy directed by Łukasz Jaworski, and written by Marcin Baczyński and Mariusz Kuczewski. It is the fifth installment following the events of the 2011 film ''Letters to Santa'' by Mitj ...

'' in 2022, and ''

Letters to Santa 6 ''Letters to Santa 6'' (, lit. ''Letters to S. Goodbyes and returns'') is a 2024 Polish-language romantic comedy directed by Łukasz Jaworski, and written by Marcin Baczyński and Mariusz Kuczewski. It is the sixth installment following the events ...

'' in 2024.

Plot

The action takes place in

, Poland, during

Tomasz Karolak Tomasz Karolak (born 21 June 1971) is a Polish actor. Biography He was born in Radom, where his parents – Hanna and Andrzej Karolak – were officers of the Polish People's Army during the Polish People's Republic (they served in the Air Regi ...

) has to adapt to a new working situation, Karina (

Agnieszka Dygant Agnieszka Urszula Dygant (born 27 March 1973) is a Polish actress. She is a two-time Telekamery Award winner for Best Actress. Biography Dygant has a sister 17 years younger named Natalia. She attended high school at the in Warsaw. In her t ...

) and Szczepan (

Piotr Adamczyk Piotr Aleksander Adamczyk (; born March 21, 1972) is a Polish film, television, voice and theatre actor. He is known for portraying pianist and composer Frédéric Chopin in the biographical film '' Chopin: Desire for Love'' (2002), Pope John Paul ...

) introduce new unusual parenting methods, Wojciech (

Wojciech Malajkat Wojciech Karol Malajkat, born January 16, 1963 in Mrągowo, Poland, is a Polish theater and film actor, television presenter, director, teacher, and former rector of the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art, serving two terms of ...

) find himself competing with unexpected adversary for the love of Agata ( Iza Kuna), and Karolina ( Magdalena Różczka) and Filip (

Borys Szyc Borys Michał Szyc-Michalak (Polish: ; born Borys Michalak; 4 September 1978) is a Polish film and theatre actor and musician. In 2010, he received the Polish Academy Award for Best Actor. Life and career He was born in Łódź, Poland. He grad ...

) have to see if their relationship can survive when another woman is introduced.

Cast

as Melchior "Mel Gibson" *

as Szczepan Lisiecki *

as Karina Lisiecka *

Izabela Kuna Izabela Kuna (born 25 November 1970) is a Polish film, television and theatre actress as well as a blogger. Life and career She was born on 25 November 1970 in Tomaszów Mazowiecki. In 1989, she graduated from the Stefan Żeromski High School No. ...

as Agata * Magdalena Różczka as Karolina *

as Filip *

as Wojciech *

Danuta Stenka Danuta Stenka (born 10 October 1961 in Sierakowice, Poland) is a Polish actress. She made her stage debut in 1984 and since then acted in many productions receiving theatre awards for her performances. She made her big screen debut in 1995 and a ...

as "Rudolf" * Mateusz Winek as Kazik * Weronika Wachowska as Dusia *

Magdalena Boczarska Magdalena Jadwiga Boczarska (; born 12 December 1978) is a Polish actress who has appeared in more than 25 feature films since 2001. She has twice received the IFFI Best Actor Award (Female): Silver Peacock Award, at the 41st and the 44th Inter ...

as Dagmara *

Vanessa Aleksander Vanessa Aleksander (born 16 September 1996) is a Polish actress. Biography Aleksander was born to a Polish father and a Slovak mother; her parents are both figure skaters. Her maternal grandparents live in Zohor, a small village near Bratislava ...

as Monika * Matylda Radosz as Amelia *

Cezary Pazura Cezary Andrzej Pazura (born 13 June 1962 in Tomaszów Mazowiecki) is a Polish actor known for his comedy roles in movies such as ''Kiler'', ''Chłopaki nie płaczą (film), Chłopaki nie płaczą'', ''Kariera Nikosia Dyzmy'' and the sitcom ''13 ...

as Arek * Rafał Zawierucha as Stefan * Michał Zieliński as Igor * Barbara Wrzesińska as Kornelia * Stanisław Brudny as Antoni *

Janusz Chabior Janusz is a masculine Polish given name. It is also the shortened form of January and Januarius. People * Janusz Akermann (born 1957), Polish painter * Janusz Bardach, Polish gulag survivor and physician * Janusz Bielański, Roman Catholic pri ...

as Lucek *

Monika Pikuła Monika Pikuła is a Polish theater and film actress. two years after graduating from the Theater Academy in Warsaw. In 2007, she received ''Wyróżnienie Award'' for the role of ''Zosia'' in the play ''Wagon'' of the Współczesny Theater in War ...

as Justyna Włodarczyk * Bartłomiej Nowosielski as Zygmunt * Paweł Burczyk as Rafał * Anna Smołowik as Emilia * Eryk Lubos as Zbyszek *

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as Jola * Paweł Okoński as Krzysztof *

Cezary Kosiński Cezary Kosiński (born 8 April 1973) is a Polish actor. He has appeared in more than forty films since 1997. Selected filmography References External links * 1973 births Living people Polish male film actors Male actors from Podla ...

as Karolina's boss * Robert Wabich as a

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officer * Magdalena Smalara as a

officer

Production

The film was directed by

, written by Marcin Baczyński and Mariusz Kuczewski, and produced by Tomasz Blachnicki and Maria Pasławska. The editing was done by

Jarosław Barzan Jarosław (; , ; ; ) is a town in southeastern Poland, situated on the San River. The town had 35,475 inhabitants in 2023. It is the capital of Jarosław County in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. History Jarosław is located in the territory of ...

, cinematography by Marian Prokop, music by

Łukasz Targosz Łukasz Targosz (; born 20 February 1977) is a Polish film composer, and music and film producer. A graduate from The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice (Jazz and Pop Music Department) in 2002. He started his career as a session mu ...

, scenography by Marek Warszewski, and costiumes by Małgorzata Bednarek-Chumakou. It was filmed in

, Poland, in 2020, and produced by TVN. The main cast included

, and

. Its production was impacted and temporary halted by the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

. Distributed by

, the film was originally planned to premiere in cinemas on 4 November 2020. However, due to the pandemic, it was instead released on the online streaming service Player.pl on 1 February 2021.

References

External links

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