"I want nothing. I allready got alot of things. The only thing I want is to be with this lovely lady" That is the best feedback that a child can give for a foster parent.
This is one of my favorite scenes of this movie, but I never knew what the little girl said, only that it deeply moved her adoptive mother. Thank you for sharing that.
Translation. Santa: I''m happy that you came to visit me. Dutch girl: You really are sinterklaas (sinterklaas: A dutch tradition where santa claus is based on). Santa: I sure am. Dutch girl: I knew you would understand. Santa: Of course. You can tell me what ever you want from santa claus. Dutch girl: I want nothing. I allready got alot of things. The only thing I want is to be with this lovely lady. Santa: Do you want to sing something for me? Dutch girl/santa: Sings a dutch song about sinterklaas I am sorry if my english isn't good. I am a dutch person
Translation of the song: Sinterklaas Kapoentje ("Kapoentje" is necessary to make this song rhyme. Lesser known fact is that it literally means "castrated rooster", probably because Sinterklaas is a celibate bishop) Give something in my shoe Give something in my boot Thank you Sinterklaas
This is 1947. Tens of millions of people were affected by WWII, including orphans like this girl. Imagine losing both your parents and just being happy to tell Santa you’re thankful you were adopted.
I've often wondered if her real parents were Holocaust victims given the way her adoptive Mom pauses after saying she's been living in an orphan's home in Rotterdam since...then says "we've adopted her"
@@thebuzzahEither from the Bombing of Rotterdam, which not only flattened swathes of the city, but killed hundreds of people and made homeless thousands more. It could also allude to reprisals for anti-German resistance or the Holocaust.
My guess is that they did not tell her that he could speak Dutch and that was a real reaction. That is exactly what they did with the young actress in the remake, where Santa Claus use sign language to communicate with her: it’s a real reaction.
@bethpedone8771 As a Dutch person I can tell you the young actress did a very good job studying her lines, but she has a pretty heavy accent. SO I don't think she is actually dutch and the reaction probably isn't real either
@@bethpedone8771 Her name was Marlene Lyden. She was born in California and was eight years old when this was filmed. She stopped acting at 13 and died in 2007.
This always makes me teary. Especially when the woman said "she has been living in a orphan's home in Rotterdam ever since. . ." Not many American understand how brutal in violence and starvation the occupation of the Netherlands was in WWII.
I remember there was a children's book that was featured on Reading Rainbow (wish I could think of the name of it) which was about a pen pal in the United States who was writing to a Dutch girl and they talked about how bad things were in the Netherlands so the girl from the USA sent her things like chocolates, shoes, and clothes to help her and her family out. In the end the Dutch girl's family sends her over some tulip bulbs so she can plant them and think of her pen pal.
Please remember that this movie was released 2 years after WWII had ended. She was from the Netherlands. Her mother may have not abandoned her, but died in the war.
The mother explicitly says the girl is from Rotterdam, a city subjected to a devastating german bombing raid in 1940, most people post war would have needed no further explanation (the mother also sighs in a pointed manner)
@@chrisorrill7183 I think Kevin Scully was only pointing out that Mary Field, herself an adoptee who lost a mother, would have a personal understanding of how it feels to lose a parent. Whatever the circumstances of a child's parental loss, it is still deeply tragic & a never to be abandoned pain.
My grandmother was dutch and used to sing that exact same song. That brought a lot of memories back, and can almost imagine her as that little girl. Did not expect when I played this video.
My Dad always watched this with me every year and I never knew why he got so misty eyed at this part. I would ask him and he would say some day you will understand. I was eleven and studying WWII when I realized what it meant and I burst into tears. I still do every time I watch this movie and it just proves how a well made movie can have such a life long effect on people without preaching, just a wonderful moment.
The cutest part of this is her adoptive mum smile when the little girl says that she doesn't want any toys because she has new parents :-) I also think it's adorable how teary eyed the mum gets because the little girl gets a Christmas experience just like everyone else xxx
The look on Natalie Woods face is priceless....she knows her mother hired this guy to play Santa Claus at Macy’s, but there is something special about this man...the little Dutch Girl was a war orphan...her parents were killed either in the bombing of Rotterdam, or maybe liquidated by the Gestapo or SS for being in the Dutch underground....she is lucky to get out of war-torn Europe alive...she doesn’t speak a word of English, but she was SURE that Sinter-Klaas would know her...and she was right....they sang together in Dutch...Little Natalie is sharp as a tack, but she can’t get over this....mind blown...
@@farmerbill6855Hello Farmer Bill, I am 64 and I miss those Days,when People had good Morals and Values. Happy Thanksgiving to You and Your Family, Ralph in CT
That look that Edmund Gwenn gets when the mother says "she just came over" is the best acting ever. That one look tells you all you need to know about what the Luftwaffe did to Rotterdam. Speaks volumes. My favorite scene.
Yes, you are so right. A lot of people alive today do not know the history, but my own dear late father was so traumatized by what he saw while in the Army in Europe in WWII, where he was wounded, healed, and then went back to fight some more, he never talked about it. Ever. Like so many other veterans of that era. We need to know our own history, people, in order to understand the world. When we forget the lessons that history teaches us, it repeats itself. Exhibit A: Donald J. Trump. Thank GOD he will be out of office on 1/20/21 and will forever be disgraced and disdained in the eyes of history.
I wish we today could get a real sense of life during WWII just to get some real perspective on how bad life can be. Even in the US where there was no battles, many were serving, those at home were working, there was rationing, recycle and bond drives, families losing members and so forth. We've really turned into a nation of whiners expecting someone else or the government to fix our lives.
I find this more touching than the deaf girl in the remake. Why? Because the deaf girl said she wanted a doll and a bear, but the Dutch girl said she didn't want anything now that she has her new mom and dad. One didn't have to know Dutch to see that.
I think they're both equal. I think it's beautifully touching how the Dutch girl is completely happy with her new mother. In the remake though, that was all improv. The deaf girl was actually deaf, and she had no idea that Richard Attenborough was going to sign to her. Her reaction when he did was genuine. So when she said she wanted a doll and a bear for Christmas, that was the actress talking, that wasn't just the script.
I like both, but I prefer the 1994 version with the hearing impaired girl because children with hearing deficits are at risk for social isolation, due to their disability. To have a Santa sign for a child who cannot hear was heartwarming.
@Randy Welsh Santa speaking Dutch to a Nazi realm survivor was also heartwarming. I said I liked both versions. However, for people who are deaf, they are always socially isolated because not everyone knows sign language. True, people who speak a different language other than the country's native one is also socially isolated, but more people are willing to learn another language rather than learn sign language, therefore, foreign speakers can break social barriers more easily.
This scene always brings me to tears. That look of complete awe and happiness on the little girl when Santa begins speaking in Dutch makes my heart happy.
I have loved this movie since I was a little girl, and I enjoyed this scene. Of course, I didn't realize until I was older why the little girl was an orphan who had been adopted. It makes the scene more powerful when you think of what that child, and children all over the world, had been through 😢
I watched this after many years having learnt a little bit of Dutch and about SinterKlaas and of course what happened to Rotterdam. This moves me to tears every time I watch it.
This is the scene that made my mother tear-up. She'd have been 11 years old when she first saw this movie in '47 and I was privileged, thinking of it now, to see my mother's childhood memories come to the surface
I was born in Delft, Holland in 1959, and we moved to the USA when I was 6. It's been many years since I've seen this movie clip, and I still understand it. My mother always spoke Dutch to me, and I'm sure that helped my language retention. One of several lifetimes ago for me.
I have to admit; this is one of my favorite scenes in this classic. More than any other scene, this one with the war orphan, has the most plausible history, given the number of actual orphans from World War II, which had just ended two years earlier.
The look on the little girl's face at 00:07 is just heart-wrenching. What horrors she must have seen, the hope and spirit almost gone out of her. And then Santa.
I caught just the last few minutes of IAWL the other night, and gotta agree. When Ol' Jimmy Stewart starts sobbing, "Help me, Clarence! I wanna live again..." the waterworks just turn on full blast !!!
A truly UNFORGETTABLE scene in a memorable movie!! Edmund Gwenn is my most favorite Santa Claus that I have ever seen in a movie and I LOVED Natalie Wood in this movie, also, especially in this scene.
@@johnmatuszak3252 I also LOVED Natalie in this movie and she gave one of the BEST childhood acting performances ever in this beloved movie. And the young actress who played the Dutch girl in this scene was so charming, too. Yes, we lost Natalie much too soon in this life.
You're just a kid? Well, you give me hope for the next generation, because you picked one of the finest scenes from one of the finest Christmas movies ever made.
Back in 2012 I did the subtitles for this movie and included the Dutch translation of the little girls encounter with Sinterklaasje. Here's the dialogue: - Hello, I am happy you came! - Ooh! You ARE Sinterklaasje! - Well, yes of course! - I knew it, I knew you would understand me. - Of course! Tell me what you would like to get from Sinterklaasje. - Nothing! I already have everything! I just want to stay with this lovely lady. - Do you want to sing something for me? - Sinterklaasje Little Rascal, Put something in my little shoe, - Put something in my little boot, Thank you, Sinterklaasje! - Sinterklaasje Little Rascal Put something in my little shoe, - Put something in my little boot, Thank you, Sinterklaasje!
This original version had more heart, soul and feeling in it than any other version, as good as they might be ! My mother was one of the first Dutch to come to ontario after the war and I can remember her singing this to me !!
As I expect you are fully aware, in WWII the First Canadian Army fought against the Germans, beat them and drove them out of the Netherlands. We (Canada) played the primary role in liberating Holland. And, getting much needed life saving supplies to the Dutch people which saved countless lives. The cost to liberate Holland came at a terrible price as over 7,600 Canadians were killed doing so. The bond between our two nations is still strong to this day. Dutch school children are taught about this at an early age. Two great countries! Fred
@@Mopar-Pioneer Those of us who have not lived through war as a combatant or civilian caught up in one, can never fully understand or appreciate what those (like your father) who have, went through. The best we can do is to educate ourselves about it, which I have; and respect and remember what those who have went through.
The scene is very deep, but as it's not subtitled much of it's impact is lost on those who don't speak Dutch. It's the reason many prefer the modern version with the Deaf Girl, which is nowhere near as profound but is universal
As numerous others have pointed out, the Dutch-speaking aspect of the scene arises from the historical context, specifically Rotterdam, in early post-WWII. Thus, the newer version's replacing her with a deaf girl ignores the true significance of the scene.Furthermore, the replacement evidences not only Hollywood's inability or unwillingness to understand world history to those outside the U.S., but also to transfer that ignorance to an audience who needs no further discouragement from learning about history from an international perspective.
Holy shit, apart from the accent they got the Dutch language spot on! Grammar and all! Even calling Santa 'Sinterklaas' as he's known in Dutch. (Santa actually is a derivative from Sinterklaas but that's another story). I'm very, Very impressed. Please send this to the producers of Friends and Designated Survivor to show 'em how it' s done!
Back when in movies....you actually did everything possible to make the story flawless, no shortcuts. In the newspaper scenes (where they announce Kris Kringle on trial) they ACTUALLY wrote newspaper articles.
Agreed. Real movies, with things like plot, intelligent writing, character development, and story arc, have given way to eye candy and special effects.
I once had dad translate this part of the movie for me. I did get to hear my aunt's great-grandchildren sing this song to her when she was in a nursing home.
This is my favorite, my absolute favorite Christmas movie. I tried to find it every year. This is the true meaning of Christmas love, Hope joy and the idea that forever will be in my heart
One of my favorite joyful tear-jerker movie moments of all time - but...I also love the follow up dialogue between Susan and her mother: [Doris is trying to convince Susan there is no Santa Claus] Susan Walker: But when he spoke Dutch to that girl... Doris Walker: Susan, I speak French, but that doesn't make me Joan of Arc.
One of the most touching movies of all time. The magic of love and faith in all that is good and right in the world. Santa Claus is a representation of this good. Santa knows every language, every child is precious, and no deformity or handicap or misfortune diminishes that preciousness. I always tear up a little every time I see this scene.
It's a wonderful scene. When the girl's adopted mother says "after...you know..." she is referring to the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands and obviously the natural parents were killed during it. And you do not have to speak Dutch to understand that when sinterklaas (the Dutch Santa Claus) asks her what she would like for Christmas, she replies that she does not want anything more other than to be with her new mother.
All due respect, not ‘obviously killed.’ MANY ended up in displaced persons camps, and it took months/years to find out ‘who’s still alive?’ And ‘what’s next?” Otto Frank, the father of famous diarist Anne Frank, was liberated from Auschwitz in early 1945. It took until the end of the year to find out he was the only survivor. And until i saw a translation in a comment thread above, i had no idea what they were saying to each other.
I like both versions but the original is still my favourite. Both this version with the Dutch girl and the Deaf girl in the later version are such beautiful scenes.
Seeing the joy on her little face when Kris speaks Dutch to her, and the love when she looks at her adopted mother, makes me tear up too, thinking of what she must have been through in the war 😢
I am a Belgian, so I speak Dutch as well, and it is very surprising and fresh to hear almost perfectly Dutch spoken by Americans. I'm serious! Even though I could hear the English accent very faintly, if they were in Belgium or Holland, they could have good conversations with that!
"I want nothing. I allready got alot of things. The only thing I want is to be with this lovely lady"
That is the best feedback that a child can give for a foster parent.
Adoptive parent
Just beautiful.
No reason people can’t start making these kinds of movies again.
No wonder her mom looked so touched
This is one of my favorite scenes of this movie, but I never knew what the little girl said, only that it deeply moved her adoptive mother. Thank you for sharing that.
@penner876something against foster parents?
Translation.
Santa: I''m happy that you came to visit me.
Dutch girl: You really are sinterklaas (sinterklaas: A dutch tradition where santa claus is based on).
Santa: I sure am.
Dutch girl: I knew you would understand.
Santa: Of course. You can tell me what ever you want from santa claus.
Dutch girl: I want nothing. I allready got alot of things. The only thing I want is to be with this lovely lady.
Santa: Do you want to sing something for me?
Dutch girl/santa: Sings a dutch song about sinterklaas
I am sorry if my english isn't good. I am a dutch person
Thank you.
You're welcome
Jolijn I just wanted to let you know that your translation of this scene is spot on! Wel done Jolijn, wel done!
Translation of the song:
Sinterklaas Kapoentje ("Kapoentje" is necessary to make this song rhyme. Lesser known fact is that it literally means "castrated rooster", probably because Sinterklaas is a celibate bishop)
Give something in my shoe
Give something in my boot
Thank you Sinterklaas
Thank you for the translation
My mother was an orphan in The Netherlands. Showed her this clip and she started to sing along!
That's the magic...we don't understand it but it's still there if you Believe ❤
This is 1947. Tens of millions of people were affected by WWII, including orphans like this girl. Imagine losing both your parents and just being happy to tell Santa you’re thankful you were adopted.
😪😪😪
Imagine the magic that child felt, probably a rare occasion, when she saw the real Sinterklaas speak her language
Actually filmed in 1946.
@@ADAMSIXTIES a difference making no difference
I've often wondered if her real parents were Holocaust victims given the way her adoptive Mom pauses after saying she's been living in an orphan's home in Rotterdam since...then says "we've adopted her"
In the history of movies, no played Santa Claus better than Edmund Gwenn who so richly deserved the Oscar for his amazing performance.
I absolutely agree with you! And never has another actor came close to his portrayal of Santa Claus
What about Richard Attenborough
roxy hart Richard Attenborough definitely had his own take on the role, he definitely had the jolly spirit and twinkle in his eye.
Agree best Christmas movie and Santa ever
The perfect Santa Claus/Sinterklaas.
Just perfect.
I'm not crying, you're crying.😢
Yes, I am.
I tried to stop, but the tears just keep falling.
The sadness in her beautiful face and the way she lights up when he starts speaking to her in Dutch is pure beauty
Is it suggesting her parents perished from the Nazis?
@@thebuzzahEither from the Bombing of Rotterdam, which not only flattened swathes of the city, but killed hundreds of people and made homeless thousands more. It could also allude to reprisals for anti-German resistance or the Holocaust.
It certainly is! It is so touching. Oh and btw, it's nice to see someone else who loves Hello Kitty!
Her sadness makes me cry but then my heart fills with joy the moment she first smiles when she she hears Santa speak Dutch🙂
Nahhh--just good acting.
This little actress did a phenomenal job.
My guess is that they did not tell her that he could speak Dutch and that was a real reaction. That is exactly what they did with the young actress in the remake, where Santa Claus use sign language to communicate with her: it’s a real reaction.
@bethpedone8771 As a Dutch person I can tell you the young actress did a very good job studying her lines, but she has a pretty heavy accent. SO I don't think she is actually dutch and the reaction probably isn't real either
@@birgitrusbach1340 Thank you. I was wondering that.
@@bethpedone8771 Her name was Marlene Lyden. She was born in California and was eight years old when this was filmed. She stopped acting at 13 and died in 2007.
One of the best Christmas movies ever!
One of the most beautiful scenes ever in any movie.
This always makes me teary. Especially when the woman said "she has been living in a orphan's home in Rotterdam ever since. . ." Not many American understand how brutal in violence and starvation the occupation of the Netherlands was in WWII.
Thank you for sharing ❤
I remember there was a children's book that was featured on Reading Rainbow (wish I could think of the name of it) which was about a pen pal in the United States who was writing to a Dutch girl and they talked about how bad things were in the Netherlands so the girl from the USA sent her things like chocolates, shoes, and clothes to help her and her family out. In the end the Dutch girl's family sends her over some tulip bulbs so she can plant them and think of her pen pal.
@@littlesongbird1 It is a little known part of WWII history. The Nazis destroyed the Netherlands' economy. The people starved.
@@JR-bj3uf I know...:-(
Even in Europe, people never talk about the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg during World War II. I don't know why, because we should.
Subtle yet powerful scene. The actress who played the girl's adoptive mother, Mary Field was adopted after being abandoned by her birth mother.
Please remember that this movie was released 2 years after WWII had ended. She was from the Netherlands. Her mother may have not abandoned her, but died in the war.
The mother explicitly says the girl is from Rotterdam, a city subjected to a devastating german bombing raid in 1940, most people post war would have needed no further explanation (the mother also sighs in a pointed manner)
Read the comment again. It refers to the actress who plays the little girl's mother.
@@chrisorrill7183 I think Kevin Scully was only pointing out that Mary Field, herself an adoptee who lost a mother, would have a personal understanding of how it feels to lose a parent. Whatever the circumstances of a child's parental loss, it is still deeply tragic & a never to be abandoned pain.
Lotsa whores & druggie in the Netherlands.
My favorite Christmas movie and this is one of my favorite scenes in the movie.
My grandmother was dutch and used to sing that exact same song. That brought a lot of memories back, and can almost imagine her as that little girl. Did not expect when I played this video.
That's awesome. Its a beautiful song
Every children at this time of the year sings this song these days. Even now the song didn’t changed
did you call your Dutch grandmother “Oma”? 😊
@@gijstennekes1678behalve dat gooi wat in mijn schoentje.
My Dad always watched this with me every year and I never knew why he got so misty eyed at this part. I would ask him and he would say some day you will understand. I was eleven and studying WWII when I realized what it meant and I burst into tears. I still do every time I watch this movie and it just proves how a well made movie can have such a life long effect on people without preaching, just a wonderful moment.
Well said
It's her eyes. She is so defeated walking in there and just wants to feel normal.
@@billybussey So true, that little girl was so wonderful and the way they cut back and forth between she and Susan was masterful.
Many US soldiers saw death and destruction in WWII Europe especially what it did to the local families.
The cutest part of this is her adoptive mum smile when the little girl says that she doesn't want any toys because she has new parents :-) I also think it's adorable how teary eyed the mum gets because the little girl gets a Christmas experience just like everyone else xxx
The look on Natalie Woods face is priceless....she knows her mother hired this guy to play Santa Claus at Macy’s, but there is something special about this man...the little Dutch Girl was a war orphan...her parents were killed either in the bombing of Rotterdam, or maybe liquidated by the Gestapo or SS for being in the Dutch underground....she is lucky to get out of war-torn Europe alive...she doesn’t speak a word of English, but she was SURE that Sinter-Klaas would know her...and she was right....they sang together in Dutch...Little Natalie is sharp as a tack, but she can’t get over this....mind blown...
Little Natalie is so cute and you can see is so taken by this moment. Its an amazing and heartfelt scene
Sigh, when Hollywood still had magic...
Or got deported, killed, murdered even if they were not maybe they survived but lost their child due to the war
@@farmerbill6855Hello Farmer Bill,
I am 64 and I miss those Days,when People had good Morals and Values.
Happy Thanksgiving to You and Your Family,
Ralph in CT
Natalie thought he really was santa until production wrap party
That look that Edmund Gwenn gets when the mother says "she just came over" is the best acting ever. That one look tells you all you need to know about what the Luftwaffe did to Rotterdam. Speaks volumes. My favorite scene.
The Luftwaffe, SS scum and Gestapo garbage did in Rotterdam!!
Yes, you are so right. A lot of people alive today do not know the history, but my own dear late father was so traumatized by what he saw while in the Army in Europe in WWII, where he was wounded, healed, and then went back to fight some more, he never talked about it. Ever. Like so many other veterans of that era. We need to know our own history, people, in order to understand the world. When we forget the lessons that history teaches us, it repeats itself. Exhibit A: Donald J. Trump. Thank GOD he will be out of office on 1/20/21 and will forever be disgraced and disdained in the eyes of history.
@@jannibal9273 You had to invoke your hatred while others are enjoying a beautiful scene from a movie. You democrats are a hateful despicable mob.
@@jannibal9273 Santa Claus to Donald Trump? Get a handle on your TDS.
I wish we today could get a real sense of life during WWII just to get some real perspective on how bad life can be. Even in the US where there was no battles, many were serving, those at home were working, there was rationing, recycle and bond drives, families losing members and so forth. We've really turned into a nation of whiners expecting someone else or the government to fix our lives.
I find this more touching than the deaf girl in the remake. Why? Because the deaf girl said she wanted a doll and a bear, but the Dutch girl said she didn't want anything now that she has her new mom and dad. One didn't have to know Dutch to see that.
Especially because of the time this movie was set in. Right after the Holocaust. I cant imagine what happened to that poor girl's parents.
I think they're both equal. I think it's beautifully touching how the Dutch girl is completely happy with her new mother. In the remake though, that was all improv. The deaf girl was actually deaf, and she had no idea that Richard Attenborough was going to sign to her. Her reaction when he did was genuine. So when she said she wanted a doll and a bear for Christmas, that was the actress talking, that wasn't just the script.
Hazel Grey I need to find the article for this...
I like both, but I prefer the 1994 version with the hearing impaired girl because children with hearing deficits are at risk for social isolation, due to their disability. To have a Santa sign for a child who cannot hear was heartwarming.
@Randy Welsh Santa speaking Dutch to a Nazi realm survivor was also heartwarming. I said I liked both versions. However, for people who are deaf, they are always socially isolated because not everyone knows sign language. True, people who speak a different language other than the country's native one is also socially isolated, but more people are willing to learn another language rather than learn sign language, therefore, foreign speakers can break social barriers more easily.
Yes indeed! Santa speaks and understands every language all over the world! What a beautiful moment this was in the story! 🎅❤
Of course the child's story is moving. But the mother's expression is equally touching.
This scene always brings me to tears. That look of complete awe and happiness on the little girl when Santa begins speaking in Dutch makes my heart happy.
I have loved this movie since I was a little girl, and I enjoyed this scene. Of course, I didn't realize until I was older why the little girl was an orphan who had been adopted. It makes the scene more powerful when you think of what that child, and children all over the world, had been through 😢
After so many years, this still brings a tear to my eyes.
i get teary eyed every time i see this...my favorite scene in my favorite xmas movie.
me three
Yup.....
Someone is cutting onions nearby...
I want so badly to like your comment more than once. I am in complete agreement.
I watched this after many years having learnt a little bit of Dutch and about SinterKlaas and of course what happened to Rotterdam. This moves me to tears every time I watch it.
The mark of an excellent movie is that after thousands of veiwings a scene like that can still touch you.
This is the scene that made my mother tear-up. She'd have been 11 years old when she first saw this movie in '47 and I was privileged, thinking of it now, to see my mother's childhood memories come to the surface
I was born in Delft, Holland in 1959, and we moved to the USA when I was 6. It's been many years since I've seen this movie clip, and I still understand it. My mother always spoke Dutch to me, and I'm sure that helped my language retention. One of several lifetimes ago for me.
I went go delft the other month beautiful place
I'm an American and I've been to Delft. Lovely.
The age of the "New" church made me laugh 🤣
This little girl was soooooo PRECIOUS, she made me cry!!!!
I have to admit; this is one of my favorite scenes in this classic. More than any other scene, this one with the war orphan, has the most plausible history, given the number of actual orphans from World War II, which had just ended two years earlier.
The look on the little girl's face at 00:07 is just heart-wrenching. What horrors she must have seen, the hope and spirit almost gone out of her. And then Santa.
This and It's a Wonderful Life, even at 61, make me cry every. Single. Time.
I caught just the last few minutes of IAWL the other night, and gotta agree. When Ol' Jimmy Stewart starts sobbing, "Help me, Clarence! I wanna live again..." the waterworks just turn on full blast !!!
@scottski51
For me it's the end when everyone he's helped in his life comes to help him.
One of the sweetest scenes ever recorded.
I'm living in the Netherlands and this girl speaks and sings so goed in dutch and Edmund Gwenn speaks so good too.
I've seen this movie dozens of times and I still cry like a baby at this part!
Good on you.
A truly UNFORGETTABLE scene in a memorable movie!! Edmund Gwenn is my most favorite Santa Claus that I have ever seen in a movie and I LOVED Natalie Wood in this movie, also, especially in this scene.
This is the movie that made me fall in love with Natalie Wood, another actor that we lost far to soon.
@@johnmatuszak3252 I also LOVED Natalie in this movie and she gave one of the BEST childhood acting performances ever in this beloved movie. And the young actress who played the Dutch girl in this scene was so charming, too. Yes, we lost Natalie much too soon in this life.
My favorite scene in the movie. I guess I'm just an old softy, because this one gets me everytime.
One of my favorite Christmas movies. There is nothing better than this version. 🎅🏻
I agree 100%.
@Indy girl i'm gonna use that😂
This is the sweetest, cutest, most heartwarming scene! OMG! Still get me even now!❤❤❤
The scene is best scene in any Christmas movie. Period. Gets me teary-eyed every time!
+Richard Motroni same here
So many memories of Christmas morning watching this. I'm 66 years old now and it still chokes me up.
No matter how many times I've watched this in my 52yrs, I always get choked up at this scene!
Natalie Wood is adorable ❤
You're just a kid? Well, you give me hope for the next generation, because you picked one of the finest scenes from one of the finest Christmas movies ever made.
Great film. And the worst, oddest ending of any movie I can remember.
Love this scene and how her eyes lit up when he was starting to speak Dutch to her and then sang a little song, too!
Back in 2012 I did the subtitles for this movie and included the Dutch translation of the little girls encounter with Sinterklaasje. Here's the dialogue:
- Hello, I am happy you came!
- Ooh! You ARE Sinterklaasje!
- Well, yes of course!
- I knew it, I knew you would understand me.
- Of course! Tell me what you
would like to get from Sinterklaasje.
- Nothing! I already have everything!
I just want to stay with this lovely lady.
- Do you want to sing something for me?
- Sinterklaasje Little Rascal,
Put something in my little shoe,
- Put something in my little boot,
Thank you, Sinterklaasje!
- Sinterklaasje Little Rascal
Put something in my little shoe,
- Put something in my little boot,
Thank you, Sinterklaasje!
This is my all time FAVORITE Christmas movie. It's so heartwarming and little Natalie Woods ♥
My favorite scene in the whole film, which is full of great scenes. So heartwrming.
The facial expression on the mother is so endearing.
This scene where he speaks dutch all of the sudden to the little dutch girl as it surprises her and her face lights up in happiness. It makes me cry.
Hollywood doesn't make happy films anymore. It has become a lost art. This entire film is so very good. Oh to go back to that time and live then.
Hallmark is a great place for feel good movies like this…
Yes. Today, they make Santa a psycho killer of little kids or a child molester.
I just saw this movie for the 1st time as an adult, and this scene brought tears to my eyes...so simple, yet so powerful
This original version had more heart, soul and feeling in it than any other version, as good as they might be ! My mother was one of the first Dutch to come to ontario after the war and I can remember her singing this to me !!
As I expect you are fully aware, in WWII the First Canadian Army fought against the Germans, beat them and drove them out of the Netherlands.
We (Canada) played the primary role in liberating Holland.
And, getting much needed life saving supplies to the Dutch people which saved countless lives.
The cost to liberate Holland came at a terrible price as over 7,600 Canadians were killed doing so.
The bond between our two nations is still strong to this day.
Dutch school children are taught about this at an early age.
Two great countries!
Fred
@fredvance7612 absolutely Fred. But get my father to talk about his experiences. Forget about it !!!!!
@@Mopar-Pioneer
Those of us who have not lived through war as
a combatant or civilian caught up in one, can never fully understand or appreciate what those (like your father) who have, went through.
The best we can do is to educate ourselves about it, which I have; and respect and remember what those who have went through.
Absodamnlutely my friend@@fredvance7612
@@fredvance7612 God bless 💖
I pity anyone not moved by this scene
So you pity me ._.
RadCutie234 playz yes I do 😈
The scene is very deep, but as it's not subtitled much of it's impact is lost on those who don't speak Dutch. It's the reason many prefer the modern version with the Deaf Girl, which is nowhere near as profound but is universal
As numerous others have pointed out, the Dutch-speaking aspect of the scene arises from the historical context, specifically Rotterdam, in early post-WWII. Thus, the newer version's replacing her with a deaf girl ignores the true significance of the scene.Furthermore, the replacement evidences not only Hollywood's inability or unwillingness to understand world history to those outside the U.S., but also to transfer that ignorance to an audience who needs no further discouragement from learning about history from an international perspective.
Kills me every time. Also shows a young Natalie Wood doing her trademark "I'm intrigued" look.
My eyes teared up at the girls expression when he spoke to her, just priceless
Natalie woods was a very good actress-she absolutely nailed curiosity turning to puzzlement.
Edmund Gwenn was the best Santa Claus in my opinion.
This scene ALWAYS makes me cry. Especially when "Santa" begins to speak "dutch"! A very moving scene, indeed!
Holy shit, apart from the accent they got the Dutch language spot on! Grammar and all! Even calling Santa 'Sinterklaas' as he's known in Dutch. (Santa actually is a derivative from Sinterklaas but that's another story). I'm very, Very impressed. Please send this to the producers of Friends and Designated Survivor to show 'em how it' s done!
Back when in movies....you actually did everything possible to make the story flawless, no shortcuts. In the newspaper scenes (where they announce Kris Kringle on trial) they ACTUALLY wrote newspaper articles.
Monana was _Pennsylvania_ Dutch.
@@jb888888888 They weren't Dutch but German. Mistake in translation. Btw, they did have an accent and they made a few mistakes, but that's ok.
This is one of the most touching scenes in a Christmas movie ever. Change my mind. 😎
This is the kind of scene people have just forgotten how to make in movies.
Just needs a couple of CGI explosions, that's all.
Agreed. Real movies, with things like plot, intelligent writing, character development, and story arc, have given way to eye candy and special effects.
Why your name call aim just some Canada 🇨🇦 guy and I say
@@ernesthill2681 Crassness masquerading as honesty also takes center stage in movies today.
This is my absolute favorite part in this movie. It always makes me tear up
I once had dad translate this part of the movie for me. I did get to hear my aunt's great-grandchildren sing this song to her when she was in a nursing home.
This is my favorite, my absolute favorite Christmas movie. I tried to find it every year. This is the true meaning of Christmas love, Hope joy and the idea that forever will be in my heart
One of my favorite joyful tear-jerker movie moments of all time - but...I also love the follow up dialogue between Susan and her mother:
[Doris is trying to convince Susan there is no Santa Claus]
Susan Walker: But when he spoke Dutch to that girl...
Doris Walker: Susan, I speak French, but that doesn't make me Joan of Arc.
That's a beautiful bit of mood whiplash - from tearing up to cracking up! 😅
One of the most touching movies of all time. The magic of love and faith in all that is good and right in the world. Santa Claus is a representation of this good. Santa knows every language, every child is precious, and no deformity or handicap or misfortune diminishes that preciousness. I always tear up a little every time I see this scene.
My oma was born in germany in 1943 then came here with my great grandparents... this hits hard
The unexpected and quiet humanity of this scene allows an adult to recapture the notion of breathing Santa Claus, even if for only 69 seconds.
Nice
Being Dutch this is my favourite movie moment!
One of the best feel good movies ever made. If you need a pick me up, this will surely warm your heart a bit.
One of my FAVORITE Christmas movies of all time!!!!!!! I LOVE this movie!!!!!!
It's a wonderful scene. When the girl's adopted mother says "after...you know..." she is referring to the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands and obviously the natural parents were killed during it. And you do not have to speak Dutch to understand that when sinterklaas (the Dutch Santa Claus) asks her what she would like for Christmas, she replies that she does not want anything more other than to be with her new mother.
So beautiful..
All due respect, not ‘obviously killed.’
MANY ended up in displaced persons camps, and it took months/years to find out ‘who’s still alive?’ And ‘what’s next?”
Otto Frank, the father of famous diarist Anne Frank, was liberated from Auschwitz in early 1945.
It took until the end of the year to find out he was the only survivor.
And until i saw a translation in a comment thread above, i had no idea what they were saying to each other.
The Dutch girl is adorable!
I like both versions but the original is still my favourite. Both this version with the Dutch girl and the Deaf girl in the later version are such beautiful scenes.
ALWAYS BRINGS A TEAR TO MY EYE! BEST SCENE OF THE MOVIE!!!
I cried with her adopted mother, the dear child is so happy...a most beautiful scene.
The mom is thinking "this mall Santa takes his job SERIOUSLY."
They didn't have malls when this picture was made.
Not mom orphanage
@@beverlyarcher3744 adopted... adopted... adopted...
@@beverlyarcher3744 She said she was in an orphanage in Rotterdam until they adopted her. That's her mom.
Department Store Santa. Macy's, back when Macy's was something.
My favorite scene in this movie. Thank you, all you Nederlanders who translated their conversation for us. Lovely.
Yea. One of my favorite scenes, since I first saw it back in the '50's. So heartwarming.
OK so ... this brought tears to my eyes. I gotta watch this movie again. It's been too long.
This scene makes me cry every time
Tears, every time I watch this again. What a wonderful scene!
This was the scene that helped Edmund Gwen to win his Oscar.
Never saw this before. I'm melting! ❤🎅❤🎅❤🎅❤
The moment were Natalie Wood slowly starts to believe in Santa. Best moment for me.
the best ever Christmas movie and Santa Clause... this should be shown more THE ORIGINAL !!!!
That scene always gets me and brings tears to my eyes. She is greatful for her new life being adopted into a new family. 🎄🎁💑
Seeing the joy on her little face when Kris speaks Dutch to her, and the love when she looks at her adopted mother, makes me tear up too, thinking of what she must have been through in the war 😢
What a lovely scene! I remember it well
The look on young Natalie's face. Amazing little actress.
Definitely one of the best Christmas movies of all time.
My favorite scene from one of my favorite films! Thank you...
This is the original. Very good movie.
This is the scene that made me fall in love with this movie.
THIS version is the best ... this scene alone is filled with more heart than the others
True!
Natalie Wood's subtle reaction at 0:36 and 0:57 is ASTOUNDING acting for someone of that age! Such nuance!
My favorite scene in this great family film since I first saw it as a kid 50+ years ago. Still touching.
I am a Belgian, so I speak Dutch as well, and it is very surprising and fresh to hear almost perfectly Dutch spoken by Americans. I'm serious! Even though I could hear the English accent very faintly, if they were in Belgium or Holland, they could have good conversations with that!
Such a beautiful moment
Lovely of you to post this most kindly, touching, spirit-filled scene. Thank you.
That little girl's face breaks my heart. Adopted yes, but all alone with no one to talk to....
Never fails to bring a tear to my eye …….