Joyeux Noel

Nov 9, 2005

1h 56m

★ 7.4

Without an enemy there can be no war.

Overview

France, 1914, during World War I. On Christmas Eve, an extraordinary event takes place in the bloody no man's land that the French and the Scots dispute with the Germans…

Genres

Drama

War

Romance

History

Production Companies

Senator Film

Media Pro Pictures

The Bureau

Artémis Productions

Les Productions de la Guéville

TF1 Films Production

Nord-Ouest Films

Canal+

Ciné Cinéma

Joyeux Noel Trailers

Cast

Anna Sörensen

Diane Kruger

Nikolaus Sprink

Benno Fürmann

Audebert

Guillaume Canet

Palmer

Gary Lewis

Ponchel

Dany Boon

Horstmayer

Daniel Brühl

Gordon

Alex Ferns

Jonathan

Steven Robertson

Jörg

Frank Witter

The General

Bernard Le Coq

The Bishop

Ian Richardson

Gueusselin

Lucas Belvaux

A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison camp. When the men are transferred to a high-security fortress, they must concoct a plan to escape beneath the watchful eye of aristocratic German officer von Rauffenstein, who has formed an unexpected bond with de Boeldieu.

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