Merry Christmas (2005)

Merry Christmas: Directed by Christian Carion. With Diane Kruger, Natalie Dessay, Benno Fürmann, Rolando Villazón. In December 1914, an unofficial Christmas truce on the Western Front allows soldiers from opposing sides of the First World War to gain insight into each other’s way of life.

“A truly powerful and must see film about the futility of war.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt depicts that whatever those in power would have us believe there are more similarities between various nationalities than differences.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWonderful performances by many little known actors.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFirst class cinematography and other production values.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIllustrates that there can be no war if if if you have no enemy. It is impossible to kill a man with whom you have shared drinks and stories and grown to likeu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWonderful music and singing as those who have suffered and fought each other in the trenches slowly gather to mark Christmas Eve by drinking and talking with each other, swapping addresses, singing Christmas carols common to all three nations (Germany, France and Scotland), burying frozen corpses and playing soccer together.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNot perfectly historically accurate but very close to an actual incident, A vivid illustration of the foolishness of war. While some have laid the blame at the feet it is clear that the primary blame lays with those who order others to go to war while safely enjoying the better of things far from the trenches”