Merry Christmas

production: Nord-Ouest Productions und Senator Film Produktion

direcotr:
Christian Carion

genre:
drama/ history

cast:
Benno Fürmann (Nikolaus Sprinck)
Diane Kruger (Anna Sorensen )
Guillaume Canet (Lieutenant Audebert)
Daniel Brühl (Horstmayer)
Ian Richardson (Bishop)
Dany Boon (Ponchel)

official homepage: http://www.merrychristmas-derfilm.de/

synopsis

In 1914, World War I, the bloodiest war ever at that time in human history, was well under way. However on Christmas Eve, numerous sections of the Western Front called an informal, and unauthorized, truce where the various front-line soldiers of the conflict peacefully met each other in No Man's Land to share a precious pause in the carnage with a fleeting brotherhood.
This film dramatizes one such section as the French, Scottish and German sides partake in the unique event, even though they are aware that their superiors will not tolerate its occurrence.