Trailer
Stephan Heiniger
2026, Switzerland, Austria, 86 min
A peek behind Santa’s beard explores where truth ends, fiction begins, and why we need both.
Gay Nazis, FBI informants, mysterious aliens – and Santa in the middle. When filmmaker Stephan Heiniger befriends a mysterious, stranded hitchhiker posing as Santa Claus in Vienna, he is drawn into a web of outrageous stories. Wavering between skepticism and fascination, Stephan sets out to uncover the truth behind the myth—while celebrating Santa’s tales in a magical world made of cardboard. As he tries both to preserve and dismantle the facade, an unexpected encounter ultimately confronts him with his own story.
In SANTA’S LAST CHRISTMAS an unreliable narrator’s tale becomes a mirror, reflecting our own daemons and the stories we tell ourselves to survive.
Gay Nazis, FBI informants, mysterious aliens – and Santa in the middle. When filmmaker Stephan Heiniger befriends a mysterious, stranded hitchhiker posing as Santa Claus in Vienna, he is drawn into a web of outrageous stories. Wavering between skepticism and fascination, Stephan sets out to uncover the truth behind the myth—while celebrating Santa’s tales in a magical world made of cardboard. As he tries both to preserve and dismantle the facade, an unexpected encounter ultimately confronts him with his own story.
In SANTA’S LAST CHRISTMAS an unreliable narrator’s tale becomes a mirror, reflecting our own daemons and the stories we tell ourselves to survive.
Runtime
86 min
Year
2026
Countries
Switzerland, Austria
Languages
English, German
Stephan HeinigerThomas HerberthFlorian Brüning
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