Original Title: Joyeux Noël
Status
Released
Release
2005
Runtime
1h 56m
"Without an enemy there can be no war."
France, 1914, during World War I. On Christmas Eve, an extraordinary event takes place in the bloody no man's land that the French and the Scots dispute with the Germans…
60 Cast Members
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
Calum Beaton
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