"Without an enemy there can be no war."

2005

1h 56m

7.4(884 votes)

Drama

War

Romance

History

Overview

France, 1914, during World War I. On Christmas Eve, an extraordinary event takes place in the bloody no man's land that the French and the Scots dispute with the Germans…

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60 members

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Diane Kruger

Anna Sörensen

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Benno Fürmann

Nikolaus Sprink

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Guillaume Canet

Audebert

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Gary Lewis

Palmer

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Dany Boon

Ponchel

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Daniel Brühl

Horstmayer

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Alex Ferns

Gordon

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Steven Robertson

Jonathan

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Frank Witter

Jörg

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Bernard Le Coq

The General

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Ian Richardson

The Bishop

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Lucas Belvaux

Gueusselin

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Thomas Schmauser

The Crown Prince

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Natalie Dessay

Anna Sörensen (singing voice)

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Rolando Villazón

Nikolaus Sprink (singing voice)

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Joachim Bißmeier

Zimmermann

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Robin Laing

William

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Michel Serrault

The Castle Keeper

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Suzanne Flon

The Castle Keeper

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Calum Anthony Beaton

Scottish Piper #1

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Otto Beckmann

German Soldier - Otto

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Philippe Beautier

Morallec

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Steffen Bielig

Markus

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Nicholas Biggam

English Child

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David Bruce

Scottish Piper #2

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Christian Carion

Nurse

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France Corbet

Madeleine

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Mickey Dedaj

Dressmaker

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Steven Duffy

Stretcher-bearer

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Tom Duncan

Scottish Soldier #1

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Roy Entwistle

Scottish Soldier #2

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Markus Friedmann

Army Staff German Officer

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Christopher Fulford

The Major

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Michael Grimm

German Soldier - Michael

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Jannis Hensel

German Child

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Mathias Herrmann

HQ German Officer

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Jan Hutter

German Soldier - Herbert

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Joe Johnson

Scottish Soldier #3

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Fraser Johnston

Scottish Soldier #4

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Gary Lamont

Scottish Soldier #5

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Griogair Lawrie

Piper

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Gerry Lynch

Scottish Soldier #6

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Ivan MacDonald

Scottish Piper #3

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Jordan McCurrach

Scottish Soldier #7

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Neil McNulty

Scottish Soldier #8

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Tony Matthews

The British General

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Florian Mescam

French Child

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Emun Mohammadi

Scottish Soldier #9

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David Mullen

Scottish Soldier #10

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Michael Pascher

German Soldier - Walter

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Ian Petrie

Scottish Soldier #11

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Andy Ramsay

Scottish Soldier #12

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Marc Robert

Guimond

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Peter Rühring

German Officer at the Opera

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Allan Sawers

Scottish Soldier #13

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Louis Friedemann Thiele

Karl

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Johannes Richard Voelkel

Gunther

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Gilbert von Sohlern

Reception German Officer

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Mark Wood

Scottish Soldier #14

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Alexander Wüst

Oskar

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