Merry Christmas
20 Dec 2006
Director: Christian Carion
France, Germany, UK, Romania
2005
116 min
On Christmas Eve in 1914 in the trenches of Northern France the the bloodiest war in human history is well underway. Soldiers from France and Germany have been fighting in trenches barely 100 metres apart. This day, however, witnesses a unique act of fleeting brotherhood. Soldiers from each side put down their weapons and meet in No Man’s Land to share wine, food, exchange photographs and memories and even partake in a game of football in the snow. Based on a true event. In French, German, English and Latin.