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Joyeux Noel
2005 1h 56m PG-13
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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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Directed By
Christian Carion
Written By
Christian Carion
Studio
Senator Film
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Media Pro Pictures
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Cast of Joyeux Noel
Diane Kruger
Anna Sörensen
Benno Fürmann
Nikolaus Sprink
Guillaume Canet
Audebert
Gary Lewis
Palmer
Dany Boon
Ponchel
Daniel Brühl
Horstmayer
Alex Ferns
Gordon
Steven Robertson
Jonathan
Frank Witter
Jörg
Bernard Le Coq
The General
Ian Richardson
The Bishop
Lucas Belvaux
Gueusselin
Thomas Schmauser
The Crown Prince
Natalie Dessay
Anna Sörensen (singing voice)
Rolando Villazón
Nikolaus Sprink (singing voice)
Joachim Bißmeier
Zimmermann
Robin Laing
William
Michel Serrault
The Castle Keeper
Suzanne Flon
The Castle Keeper
Calum Anthony Beaton
Scottish Piper #1
Otto Beckmann
German Soldier - Otto
Philippe Beautier
Morallec
Steffen Bielig
Markus
Nicholas Biggam
English Child
David Bruce
Scottish Piper #2
Christian Carion
Nurse
France Corbet
Madeleine
Mickey Dedaj
Dressmaker
Steven Duffy
Stretcher-bearer
Tom Duncan
Scottish Soldier #1
Roy Entwistle
Scottish Soldier #2
Markus Friedmann
Army Staff German Officer
Christopher Fulford
The Major
Michael Grimm
German Soldier - Michael
Jannis Hensel
German Child
Mathias Herrmann
HQ German Officer
Jan Hutter
German Soldier - Herbert
Joe Johnson
Scottish Soldier #3
Fraser Johnston
Scottish Soldier #4
Gary Lamont
Scottish Soldier #5
Griogair Lawrie
Piper
Gerry Lynch
Scottish Soldier #6
Ivan MacDonald
Scottish Piper #3
Jordan McCurrach
Scottish Soldier #7
Neil McNulty
Scottish Soldier #8
Tony Matthews
The British General
Florian Mescam
French Child
Emun Mohammadi
Scottish Soldier #9
David Mullen
Scottish Soldier #10
Michael Pascher
German Soldier - Walter
Ian Petrie
Scottish Soldier #11
Andy Ramsay
Scottish Soldier #12
Marc Robert
Guimond
Peter Rühring
German Officer at the Opera
Allan Sawers
Scottish Soldier #13
Louis Friedemann Thiele
Karl
Johannes Richard Voelkel
Gunther
Gilbert von Sohlern
Reception German Officer
Mark Wood
Scottish Soldier #14
Alexander Wüst
Oskar
Joyeux Noel Reviews
Orange County Register
Craig Outhier
For all their friendship and yuletide charity, the men must return to battle, and the miracle of Christmas does little to alter the course of war. By the end of it, they must decide if they've witnessed their own grand illusion.
Arizona Republic
Richard Nilsen
Well-photographed and acted, Joyeux Nol suffers most from the inevitable comparison with its betters, such films as Paths of Glory or All Quiet on the Western Front.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
A poignant and rousing carol for peace.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
Its noble intentions do not negate its lumpy ordinariness.
Orlando Sentinel
Roger Moore
It's a marvelously entertaining history lesson -- glossy, emotional and touching.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Cater
Lovely and moving.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
Ultimately it fades away quickly from memory; a sad fate for a good story.
Austin Chronicle
Marrit Ingman
The movie isn't perfect -- Spielberg-slick, its power is sometimes dampened by melodrama that overstates its message -- but it is compelling and thought-provoking and topical as hell.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
If only the other two thirds book ending these moments weren't so regrettably forgettable.
NPR
Bob Mondello
You can't watch this film without thinking about modern wars and about how much easier it is to demonize a foe when language and customs are more at odds.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Some might castigate its unabashed sentimentality, but I found myself moved, especially when I recalled that this was supposedly the war to end all wars.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Joyeux Noel has its share of bloodshed, but the movie is about a respite from carnage.
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
The film ends with a moving and surprisingly sophisticated meditation on the definition of moral duty.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
Carion has given it exactly the qualities that often appeal most strongly to moviemakers and humanists: social breadth, warmth, humor, sympathetic characters and a passionate sense of justice.
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
It makes for a fascinating exploration of the human experience.
Associated Press
David Germain
An elegantly crafted drama that derives its eerie, ethereal mood as much from the sounds of war -- and their absence -- as the sights of combat.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
It's hard not to admire the film's sense of nobility. It's harder not to find the movie dull.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Jeff Strickler
The story's factual weight compensates for the film's schmaltzy telling. We might grimace at some of the movie's machinations, but it's hard not to be moved by the humanity it depicts.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
[Images of WWI are] terrible, but shadowy and distant, and it takes an extraordinary film on the order of Joyeux Noel to make it all suddenly vital, immediate and human.
Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
Writer/Director Christian Carion wrings every drop of emotion possible from these tales, and he delivers a film so corny that at times it might have given Frank Capra pause. But you know what? It worked on me.
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