Merry Christmas (Joyeux Noel) tells the true story of the spontaneous and unofficial Christmas Eve truce on the Western Front during the First World War. Declared by soldiers from opposing sides with Scottish, French and German troops coming up from the trenches and into No Man’s Land for this moment of peace and brotherhood.
Written and directed by Christian Carion
Starring Diane Krüger, Guillaume Canet, Benno Furmann, Gary Lewis, Dany Boon, Daniel Brühl
Produced by Christophe Rossignon and co-produced by Andrei Boncea, Christopher Borgmann, Bertrand Faivre, Soledad Gatti-Pascual, Benjamin Herrmann, Kate Ogborn, Patrick Quinet
Oscar nominated for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year, Academy Awards 2006
BAFTA Film Award 2006 nominated for Best Film not in the English Language, 6 nominations for Césars Awards 2006