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Merry Christmas

This looks like a nice place for a bit of soccer...

This movie takes a look at a remarkable event which occured during World War I. On Christmas Eve 1914, soldiers from opposing Allied and German sides, who had been bombarding each other day and night from trenches barely 100 metres apart, called an informal truce, and had a bit of a joint Christmas meal. They even played a game of soccer and got to know each other a little. The next day, it was back to business as usual. In English, French and German, with English subtitles.

113 minutes, Mature Accompaniment under 13 (Violence)
Drama, War.

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Credits
Cast	Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann, Guillaume Canet, Dany Boon, Gary Lewis, Daniel Brühl. Alex Ferns, Steven Robertson
Director	Christian Carion
Screenplay	Christian Carion
Music	Philippe Rombi
Cinematography	Walther van den Ende
Editing	Andrea Sedlácková
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack	Not available
Made in	2005
Produced by	A consortium of European companies
SA Distributor	Ster-Kinekor

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FPB Report (SA)
Genre	War / drama
Language	Infrequently, mild
Nudity	None
Sex	Infrequently implied
Violence	Frequently strong
Prejudice	Slight racial prejudice in context of war
Blasphemy
Drug abuse
Comments	Mature accompaniment required for children under 13 with a warning for violence. The theme is about war, yet there is a lesson that there could be peace and love across enemy lines.
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Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarTheresa Smith	10
Die BurgerLaetitia Pople	10
Cape TimesCarina Chocano	10
Mail & GuardianShaun de Waal	14
The CitizenPeter Feldman	16
Sunday TimesBarry Ronge	15
International Media
BBC (UK)Matthew Leyland	10
Box Office (USA)Wade Major	15
Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert	15
eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson	10
ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli	15
Internet (IMDB)2411 Netizens	15

Average .. 65%	12

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