Story about Happy Christmas / Merry Christmas / Joyeux Noël / 近距交战 / 今夜无战事 / 圣诞快乐
On Christmas Eve during world War I, the German, French, and Scottish fraternize and get to know the...
On Christmas Eve during world War I, the German, French, and Scottish fraternize and get to know the men who live on the opposite side of a brutal war, in what became a true lesson of humanity.
In 1914, World War I, the bloodiest war ever at that time in human history, was well under way. However on Christmas Eve, numerous section of the Western Front called an informal, and unauthorized, truce where the various front-line soldier of the conflict peacefully met each other in No Man's Land to share a precious pause in the carnage with a fleeting brotherhood. This film dramatizes one such section as the French, Scottish and German sides partake in the unique event, even though they are aware that their superior will not tolerate its occurrence.