Silent Night (2002 film)

Silent Night (2002 film)

Infobox Film
name = Silent Night


caption =
director = Rodney Gibbons
producer = Rory J. Aylward
Steven Hewitt
Irene Litinsky
Michael Prupas
Steven Jay Rubin
writer = Roger Aylward
narrator = Michael Sinelnikoff
starring = Linda Hamilton
Matthew Harbour
Romano Orzari
Alain Goulem
Martin Neufeld
Mark Antony Krupa
James McGowan
Michael Elkin
Michael Sinelnikoff
Cassian Bopp
Harald Winter
music = James Gelfand
cinematography = Eric Cayla
editing = Vidal Béïque
distributor = Artisan
released = 2002
runtime = 100 Minutes
country = flagicon|Canada Canada
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
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imdb_id = 0338434

"Silent Night" is a fact-based 2002 television film set on Christmas Eve in 1944, during World War II.

Plot

A German mother (Linda Hamilton), who had already lost her eldest son in the Battle of Stalingrad and whose husband is a cook serving in the German army, and her son are seeking refuge in a cabin near the front lines in the Ardennes forests region of western Europe. They are invaded by three American soldiers and then soon after three German soldiers, and after much resistance the mother manages to convince the enemy soldiers to put aside their differences for one night and share a Christmas dinner. the Germans were planning to kill the Americans, but eventually they and the American soldiers shared their rations to make a proper Christmas dinner. This included homemade cookies and other goodies.

Award nominations

"Silent Night" was nominated for four Gemini Awards in 2003:
* Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series: Rodney Gibbons
* Best Original Music Score for a Program or Mini-Series: James Gelfand
* Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series: Eric Cayla
* Best Sound in a Dramatic Program: Scott Donald, Richard Betanzos, Véronique Gabillaud, David Gertsman, Michael Gurman, Paul Hubert

External links

*

[http://ba-ez.org/educatn/LC/OralHist/vincken.htm The true story on which the film is based]


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