Joyeux Noel (2005)

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116 min - Drama | History | Music - 9 November 2005 (France)

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Ratings: 7.7/10 from 12,469 users Metascore: 70/100
Reviews: 130 user | 104 critic | 26 from Metacritic.com

On Christmas Eve during world War I, the Germans, French, and Scottish fraternize and get to know the men who live on the opposite side of a brutal war, in what became a true lesson of humanity.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Diane Kruger	...	Anna Sörensen (as Diane Krüger)
	Natalie Dessay	...	Anna Sörensen (singing voice)
	Benno Fürmann	...	Nikolaus Sprink
	Rolando Villazón	...	Nikolaus Sprink (singing voice) (as Rolando Villazon)
	Guillaume Canet	...	Audebert
	Gary Lewis	...	Palmer
	Dany Boon	...	Ponchel
	Daniel Brühl	...	Horstmayer
	Lucas Belvaux	...	Gueusselin
	Alex Ferns	...	Gordon
	Steven Robertson	...	Jonathan
	Frank Witter	...	Jörg
	Bernard Le Coq	...	Le général
	Ian Richardson	...	L'évêque
	Thomas Schmauser	...	Le Kronprinz

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Storyline

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. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)

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Without an enemy there can be no war. See more »

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Drama | History | Music | Romance | War

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 on appeal for some war violence and a brief scene of sexuality/nudity (re-rating on appeal) See all certifications »

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French | German | English | Latin

Release Date:

9 November 2005 (France) See more »

Also Known As:

Feliz Natal See more »

Filming Locations:

France See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$22,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$5,421 (Finland) (22 December 2005) (4 Screens)

Gross:

$17,643,374 (Worldwide) (14 November 2006)

Company Credits

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Nord-Ouest Productions, Senator Film Produktion, Bureau, The See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

116 min

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

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Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

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Trivia

This film is dedicated to the soldiers who fraternized on Christmas 1914 in several places on the front. See more »

Goofs

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When either Nikolaus sings alone, or in a duet with his love Anna, it's very obvious he is not singing himself. The singing voice is clearly different from his spoken voice, and the song's words don't match with the lips (for both Nikolaus and Anna) on several occasions. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Enfant francais: Child, upon these maps do heed This black stain to be effaced Omitting it, you would proceed Yet better it in red to trace Later, whatever may come to pass Promise there to go you must To fetch the children of Alsace Reaching out their arms to us May in our fondest France Hope's green saplings to branch And in you, dear child, flower Grow, grow, France awaits its hour.
Enfant anglais: To rid the map of every trace Of Germany and of the Hun We must exterminate that race We must not leave a single one Heed not their children's cries Best slay all now, the women, too Or else someday again they'll rise Which if they're dead, they cannot do.
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Connections

References "Canapé" (1997) See more »

Soundtracks

"Auld Lang Syne"
Scottish traditional
Words adapted by Robert Burns See more »

Joyeux Noel (2005)
Joyeux Noël (original title)

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