Silent Night (2002 film)

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Silent Night
Directed by	Rodney Gibbons
Produced by	Rory J. Aylward Steven Hewitt Irene Litinsky Michael Prupas Steven Jay Rubin
Written by	Roger Aylward
Narrated by	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 by	James Gelfand
Cinematography	Eric Cayla
Editing by	Vidal Béïque
Distributed by	Artisan
Release date(s)	2002
Running time	100 Minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English
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Silent Night is a fact-based 2002 television film set on Christmas Eve in 1944, during World War II.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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