A runaway orphan, a stray dog, and a castle full of grumpy aristocrats walk into Christmas...
Christmas is just around the corner, but Lieschen has nothing to look forward to. Unless a miracle happens, she will once again spend the festive season with her sister Mechthild in the orphanage. Lieschen's heart's desire: Christmas Eve in the bosom of a real family. When she runs away, she meets the stray Willy Wuff and makes friends with him. On their forays through the winter forest, the two discover a count's estate and are given a warm welcome. But there is no sign of the Christmas spirit here, an impending wedding is causing great confusion and the festival of love seems to be having no effect. Can Willy and Lieschen save Christmas and bring everyone's hearts together? Will Lieschen's great wish come true?
Practical Effects
Willy Wuff the dog carries entire emotional weight of film
Production
Schloss location shoots scream 90s German TV movie magic
Costume
Countess Christine Kaufmann's winter wardrobe is unhinged camp
Director
Maria Theresia Wagner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This sequel rode the wave of 1990s German family television that treated stray dogs as universal problem-solvers.
Christine Kaufmann, playing the Countess, was a former child star herself—making her orphan-rescue scenes weirdly meta.
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