CHRISTIAN-JAQUE’S THE KILLING OF SANTA CLAUS: FROM THE "IMPOSSIBLE ESCAPE" PLOT TO "INTERNAL EMIGRATION" IN FRENCH CINEMA OF THE 1930s AND 1940s
The author analyzes the spatial drama and imagery in the Christian-Jaque’s «The Killing of Santa Claus» (1941) and explores plot of the film as a transitional version between the “impossible escape” and “internal emigration” in French cinema of the 1930s and 1940s.