Showtimes & Tickets Showtimes & Tickets Top Rated Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office In Theaters Coming Soon Coming Soon DVD & Blu-ray Releases Release Calendar Movie News India Movie Spotlight. |, December 9, 2013 DMCA Against all odds, four unlikely individuals from opposing sides (Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann, Guillaume Canet, Gary Lewis) bond during this bloodless respite to experience the hope and goodness in humanity. 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. Links | Follow a group of idealistic young men as they join the German Army during World War I and are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat. While not as good as classics like "All Quiet on the Western Front"; "Sergeant York"; or Stanley Kubrick's "Paths of Glory", Joyeux Noel still captures a brief footnote in history beautifully. They're human, not superheros. Natalie Dessay and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango. By the end of it, they must decide if they've witnessed their own grand illusion. However, the incident of the unofficial cease fire during December 1914 along one small section of the Western Front is well documented. Time hasn't dimmed its power, or poignancy, one bit." Universal's first Best Picture Academy Award® winner is now available in its original glory completely restored by the Library of Congress. There aren't very many films about the First World War, and the likelihood of any being made is low now, with no veterans left to tell a story. and Benno Fürmann (The Princess and the Warrior) head a first-rate international cast in a truly powerful, must-see film. They were the first wave of men sent to the front: The idealistic and optimistic ones in the war to end all wars. By purchasing this item, you are transacting with Google Payments and agreeing to the Google Payments. Joyeux Noel is an exceptional film that tells the true story of the spontaneous 1914 Christmas truce of World War I. "****! The acting by the multi-national cast is excellent. All Rights Reserved. - Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture … The terrible conflict of World War One has left only a few blurred images behind in people's minds, except perhaps in France. A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again, it's a film about young love, the futility of war and how to make sense of the darkest times. | Rating: 2.5/5 Senator Film Produktion GmbH [de], RT’s Top Seasonal Dramas — Christmas Countdown, Day Two, Three New Actors Join "Mutant Chronicles", December 14, 2014 Sign up here. In 1914, World War I, the bloodiest war ever at that time in human history, was well under way. You're almost there! It may be a Christmas film, but there is much more spirit and truth in this than we usually see in a Christmas film. A vivid, quietly powerful recreation of a truly extraordinary moment in history: just not an overwhelmingly moving one. It is strongly and competently told, and the poignancy of warriors stricken by the sound of Stille Nacht floating across the trenches still has the power to move. French film director/writer Christian Carion put together a sentimental film that tells the simple story quite well. Joyeux Noel subtitles English. |. It gives you some understanding of the period, and how the young people are manipulated into believing in the righteousness of their cause, or the evil of their enemies.

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