Timm Thaler is a 1979 children's television miniseries based on the 1962 children's novel by German writer James Krüss. The series originally aired in Germany as the first Christmas series on German national broadcaster ZDF. In 1988, the series was … Thomas Ohrner, Horst Frank, Richard Lauffen, Stefan Behrens, Bruni Löbel, Edgar Bessen, Marlies Engel Added on Amazon Prime 2022-12-03.