1992·Drama·1h 48m
7.1
★
In 1944 France, an American Intelligence Squad locates a German Platoon wishing to surrender rather than die in Germany's final war offensive. The two groups of men, isolated from the war at present, put aside their differences and spend Christmas together before the surrender plan turns bad and both sides are forced to fight the other.
Directed by Keith Gordon
germany
world war ii
christmas
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Cast
Peter Berg
Bud Miller
Kevin Dillon
Mel Avakian
Arye Gross
Stan Shutzer
Ethan Hawke
Will Knott
Gary Sinise
Vance 'Mother' Wilkins
Frank Whaley
Paul 'Father' Mundy
John C. McGinley
Major Griffin
Larry Joshua
Lieutenant Ware
Curt Lowens
Older German Soldier
Tim Shoemaker
Eddie
Crew
Keith Gordon
Director
Keith Gordon
Screenplay
Mark Isham
Original Music Composer
Tom Richmond
Director of Photography
Tom Rosenberg
Executive Producer
Bill Borden
Producer
Armyan Bernstein
Executive Producer
Marc Abraham
Executive Producer
David Parker
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Norman Howell
Stunts
Steve M. Davison
Stunt Coordinator
Popular Reviews
12 reviews
Micol
10.0★ · 12/14/25
yes, this is my favourite christmas film. yes, i am now severely depressed
yes, this is my favourite christmas film. yes, i am now severely depressed
Milly Britt
10.0★ · 10/25/25
the fact they had a “mother” and “father” of the group makes me weep for these boys, an amazing story and what a bunch of precious faces. Adding this to my annual Christmas movies
the fact they had a “mother” and “father” of the group makes me weep for these boys, an amazing story and what a bunch of precious faces. Adding this to my annual Christmas movies
river
10.0★ · 10/31/24
Such a beautiful film, had no right being this heart-wrenching
Such a beautiful film, had no right being this heart-wrenching
Jake Melone
9.0★ · 05/30/24
Follow this up with Joint Security Area. You won't regret it.
Follow this up with Joint Security Area. You won't regret it.
Silhouette
8.0★ · 03/10/24
This may be one of the most underrated films I have ever gotten the pleasure of watching. Scrolling through Ethan Hawke's profile on Letterboxd to log this, I thought it would be towards the top, but this wasn't the case. I had to scroll a fair bit just to find it there, and as of now, 03/10/2024, only 3.8k have seen it (364 reviews, and is on 2.1k lists) (in terms or people who have logged it as watched on Letterboxd). I don't know if I would have ever watched this film had my father had not called me upstairs saying he had a movie that he thought I would like. Earlier this night my father saw a trailer for the upcoming Ghostbusters film, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, and I said something about it being the sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife and
(Coming back to this review on 08/12/2024, a day before my birthday, and I'm not sure where this point was supposed to go, but I finish my review with a brief summary at the bottom.)
(I also corrected "lohged" to "logged")
AHHHHHHHH. Hi. It's 10:45pm, it's only meant to be 09:46pm (it's just gone up a minute, but also my phone's clock is a minute fast sooo), but there's daylight savings, so we're a head an hour. This is severely going to mess up my sleep schedule and school. Not looking forward to that.
Great movie, my dad said it's one of his favorites and that he hasn't seen it in a while, so I'm glad I got to watch it with him :]
(Coming back to this review on 08/12/2024, a day before my birthday, and I'm not sure where this point was supposed to go, but I finish my review with a brief summary at the bottom.)
(I also corrected "lohged" to "logged")
AHHHHHHHH. Hi. It's 10:45pm, it's only meant to be 09:46pm (it's just gone up a minute, but also my phone's clock is a minute fast sooo), but there's daylight savings, so we're a head an hour. This is severely going to mess up my sleep schedule and school. Not looking forward to that.
Great movie, my dad said it's one of his favorites and that he hasn't seen it in a while, so I'm glad I got to watch it with him :]
This may be one of the most underrated films I have ever gotten the pleasure of watching. Scrolling through Ethan Hawke's profile on Letterboxd to log this, I thought it would be towards the top, but this wasn't the case. I had to scroll a fair bit just to find it there, and as of now, 03/10/2024, only 3.8k have seen it (364 reviews, and is on 2.1k lists) (in terms or people who have logged it as watched on Letterboxd). I don't know if I would have ever watched this film had my father had not called me upstairs saying he had a movie that he thought I would like. Earlier this night my father saw a trailer for the upcoming Ghostbusters film, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, and I said something about it being the sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife and
(Coming back to this review on 08/12/2024, a day before my birthday, and I'm not sure where this point was supposed to go, but I finish my review with a brief summary at the bottom.)
(I also corrected "lohged" to "logged")
AHHHHHHHH. Hi. It's 10:45pm, it's only meant to be 09:46pm (it's just gone up a minute, but also my phone's clock is a minute fast sooo), but there's daylight savings, so we're a head an hour. This is severely going to mess up my sleep schedule and school. Not looking forward to that.
Great movie, my dad said it's one of his favorites and that he hasn't seen it in a while, so I'm glad I got to watch it with him :]
(Coming back to this review on 08/12/2024, a day before my birthday, and I'm not sure where this point was supposed to go, but I finish my review with a brief summary at the bottom.)
(I also corrected "lohged" to "logged")
AHHHHHHHH. Hi. It's 10:45pm, it's only meant to be 09:46pm (it's just gone up a minute, but also my phone's clock is a minute fast sooo), but there's daylight savings, so we're a head an hour. This is severely going to mess up my sleep schedule and school. Not looking forward to that.
Great movie, my dad said it's one of his favorites and that he hasn't seen it in a while, so I'm glad I got to watch it with him :]