Joyeux Noël is a 2005 epic war drama film based on the Christmas truce of December 1914, depicted through the eyes of French, Scottish, and German soldiers. It was written and directed by Christian Carion, and screened out of competition at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. The film, which includes one of the last appearances of Ian Richardson before his death, was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards. It is a fictionalised account of an actual event that took place in December 1914, when Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, sent the lead singer of the Berlin Imperial Opera company on a solo visit to the front line. Singing by the tenor, Walter Kirchhoff, to the 120th and 124th Württemberg regiments led French soldiers in their trenches to stand up and applaud.
| Director | Christian Carion |
| Produced by | Christophe Rossignon, Benjamin Herrmann |
| Writer(s) | Christian Carion |
| Starring | Benno Fürmann, Guillaume Canet, Daniel Brühl, Diane Kruger, Gary Lewis, Alex Ferns |
| Music | Philippe Rombi |
| Cinematography | Walther Vanden Ende |
| Edited by | Judith Rivière Kawa, Andrea Sedlácková |
| Distributed by | UGC Fox Distribution, (France), Sony Pictures Classics, (USA) |
| Released | November 9, 2005 |
| Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | France, Germany, United Kingdom, Belgium, Romania |
| Language | French, English, German |
| Budget | $22 million |
| Box office | $17,709,155 |
| Netflix ID | 70035181 |
About Joyeux Noël
War epic set during 1914 on the Western Front at a time when an unofficial Christmas truce allows opposing soldiers of the First World War to gain insight into each other's way of life.
Achievement of Joyeux Noël
The movie screened out of competition at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards.
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