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Nov 9, 2005 · Joyeux Noel: Directed by Christian Carion. With Diane Kruger, Natalie Dessay, Benno Fürmann, Rolando Villazón. In December 1914, an unofficial Christmas truce on the Western Front allows soldiers from opposing sides of the First World War to gain insight into each other's way of life.
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- 2005-11-09
Joyeux Noël (English: Merry Christmas) is a 2005 war drama film based on the Christmas truce of December 1914, depicted through the eyes of French, British, and German soldiers. It was written and directed by Christian Carion , [ 5 ] and screened out of competition at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival .
Mar 9, 2006 · Roger Ebert March 09, 2006. Tweet. On Christmas Eve 1914, during World War I, Scottish, German and French soldiers call a cease fire of sorts in "Joyeux Noel." On Christmas Eve of 1914, a remarkable event took place in the trenches where the Germans faced the British and the French. There was a spontaneous cease-fire, as the troops on both ...
Most accounts suggest the truce began with carol singing from the trenches on Christmas Eve, “a beautiful moonlit night, frost on the ground, white almost everywhere”, as Pvt. Albert Moren of ...
Mar 3, 2006 · Build 3fc55b6 (7699) 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….
Dec 17, 2002 · The Christmas Truce: Directed by Vikram Jayanti. With Stephen Rashbrook, Jonathan Irvine. The true story of the Christmas Day truce between opposing British and German forces that took place in No Man's Land during World War 1.
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Mar 3, 2006 · March 3, 2006. "Joyeux Noël," a glossy French antiwar movie with melted snowflakes in its eyes, tells the true story of an improvised Christmas truce during the first year of World War I. The ...