# Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

**German title:** Nightmare Before Christmas


**Genres:** Animation, Family, Fantasy

**Duration:** 76 min

**Age rating:** FSK 6

**IMDb:** [7.7](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1028555/)

**Letterboxd:** [link](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-making-of-tim-burtons-the-nightmare-before/) (n/a)

## Description

Tim Burton's not-exactly-holiday-friendly stop-motion puppet horror-musical, a fusion of The Addams Family, Santa Claus and Frankenstein, tells the macabre story of Jack, the singing skeleton who, as king of Halloween Town, loses the desire to compete with his grim housemates for the crown of the most feared monster. When he instead begins haunting the children in Christmastown, the horrified townspeople send the army after him.

## Details

**Premiere:** 06 Dec 1994

**Director:** Henry Selick

**Cast:** Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Glenn Shadix, Paul Reubens, Ken Page, Edward Ivory, Susan McBride, Debi Durst, Greg Proops, Kerry Katz

**Countries:** United States

**Languages:** English

**Available versions:** OmU

**Open-air showtimes:** No

## Showtimes in Berlin in original language (OV, OmU, OmeU)

### 2026-10-29 (Thursday)

- **[Filmrauschpalast](https://ov-berlin.info/cinemas/134-filmrauschpalast.md) (Moabit):** [2026-10-29 20:30](https://www.kinoheld.de/kino/berlin/filmrauschpalast/vorstellung/3671307993)  (OmU)