MERRY CHRISTMAS
synopsis
The paths of four characters will meet: a Scottish vicar, a French lieutenant, a German star tenor and a Danish soprano. On Christmas eve of 1914, they will be at the heart of a previously unheard of fraternisation between the soldiers of the German, French and British trenches. This nocturnal meeting will change the lives of the these four characters; nothing will again be as it was before.
| international title: | Merry Christmas |
| original title: | Joyeux Noël |
| country: | France, Germany, Belgium, United Kingdom, Russia |
| sales agent: | Playtime |
| year: | 2005 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Christian Carion |
| film run: | 110' |
| release date: | FR 09/11/2005, DE 24/11/2005, AT 25/11/2005, GR 25/11/2005, BE 30/11/2005, NL 01/12/2005, ES 05/12/2205, DK 09/12/2005, FI 16/12/2005, IT 16/12/2005, UK 16/12/2005, NO 26/12/2005, HU 14/12/2006, SE 15/12/2006 |
| screenplay: | Christian Carion |
| cast: | Guillaume Canet, Daniel Brühl, Dany Boon, Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann, Gary Lewis |
| cinematography by: | Walther van den Ende |
| film editing: | Andrea Sedlácková |
| art director: | Jean-Michel Simonet |
| costumes designer: | Alison Forbes-Meyler |
| music: | Philippe Rombi |
| producer: | Christophe Rossignon |
| production: | Nord-Ouest Films, Artémis Productions, Senator Film Produktion, Joyeux Noël Ltd. (UK), Media Pro Pictures (RU), TF1 International (FR) |
| backing: | Centre National de la Cinématographie, Eurimages, MEDIA Plus |
| distributor: | UGC Distribution, Sony Pictures (IT, UK), Cinéart-Cinélibre (BE), A-Film (NL), Future Film (SE, DK, NO), Senator (DE), Filmtrade (GR), Big Bang Communications (BG), SPI (HU) |
