Screenplay Philipp Zimmermann
Directed by Thomas Kühnl
Cinematography Hubert Märkl
Edited by Dessislava Reichert
Produced by Cassia Sakarovitch, Joan Borrell Mayeur, Catherine Bode
Score Andreas Kersting
Set design Raliza Ivanova
With Rudolf Kowalsky, Hubertus Grimm, Matthias Dietrich, Oliver Sturm, Pablo Oellers, Christoph Franz
The Western Front, Christmas 1914: the German Reich’s troops face the enemy forces in relentless trench warfare. The trenches are full of horrors. Soldiers on both sides are weary of killing. A German company waits in vain for supplies. They decide to barter with the French, swapping their cigarettes for food to avoid a hungry Christmas. They propose a ceasefire, lay down their weapons and meet the enemy in no-man’s-land. In the most God-forsaken place on the planet a miracle occurs – soldiers from warring nations celebrate Christmas together between the trenches.
