Joyeux Noel

About Joyeux Noel

France, 1914, during World War I.

Joyeux Noel is a 2005 history romance film directed by Christian Carion. It runs 116 minutes and was released in November 2005.

Its themes are world war i, 1910s, christmas eve, and opera singer. The film began as real events.

Diane Kruger takes the lead as Anna Sörensen, Benno Fürmann as Nikolaus Sprink, Guillaume Canet as Audebert, and Gary Lewis as Palmer. The screenplay is by Christian Carion.

1917, The Lost Battalion, and Before Dawn make useful companions to Joyeux Noel, all filed under no man's land and trench warfare. TMDB voters put it at 7.3 out of 10 across 964 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.