Joyeux Noel (2005)

Released: 2005-11-09 Duration: 1hr 56min

Genres: Drama War Romance History

Rating 7.4

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Without an enemy there can be no war.

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…

Production Companies

Senator Film

Media Pro Pictures

The Bureau

Artémis Productions

Les Productions de la Guéville

TF1 Films Production

Nord-Ouest Films

Canal+

Ciné Cinéma

Additional Info

Budget	$22,000,000.00
Revenue	$17,709,155.00
Original Language	fr
Popularity	14.639

Directed By

Christian Carion

Crew

Director of Photography
Walther van den Ende

Original Music Composer
Philippe Rombi

Director
Christian Carion

Editor
Andrea Sedláčková

Producer
Christophe Rossignon

Assistant Director Trainee
Tudor Cotovelea

Co-Producer
Kate Ogborn

Art Direction
Anina Diener

Co-Producer
Soledad Gatti-Pascual

Casting
Sabine Schroth

Co-Producer
Andrei Boncea

Art Direction
Eduard Daniel Vraciu

Co-Producer
Benjamin Herrmann

Co-Producer
Christopher Borgmann

Co-Producer
Patrick Quinet

Production Design
Jean-Michel Simonet

Set Decoration
Patrick Colpaert

Associate Producer
Philip Boëffard

Co-Producer
Bertrand Faivre

Casting
Susie Figgis

Armorer
Jean-Claude Lecoq

Helicopter Camera
James Swanson

Gaffer
Björn Susen

Makeup Artist
Emmanuelle Brechet

Music Editor
Benjamin Caillaud

Makeup Artist
Andrea Dardea Tesdall

Music Supervisor
Géraldine Rombi

Script Supervisor
Annette Drees

Special Effects Coordinator
Olivier de Laveleye

Set Costumer
Claudia Sarbu

Gaffer
Chris Hacken

Supervising Sound Editor
Thomas Desjonquères

Makeup Artist
Julie David

Camera Operator
Jean-Paul Meurisse

Armorer
Anton Petrache

Gaffer
Florin Niculae

Digital Intermediate
Philippe Reinaudo

Steadicam Operator
Jan Rubens

Dolby Consultant
Mark Kenna

Script Supervisor
Sylvie Michel

Still Photographer
Jean-Claude Lother

Wigmaker
Stephanie Hovette

First Assistant Editor
Judith Rivière Kawa

Dialogue Editor
Sandy Notarianni

Makeup Artist
Gabi Cretan

Costume Designer
Alison Forbes-Meyler

Sound Recordist
Pierre Mertens

Foley Artist
Nicolas Becker

Color Grading
Raymond Terrentin

Makeup Artist
Ulla Röhling

Sound Mixer
Dean Humphreys

Production Director
Stéphane Riga

Property Master
Guillaume Watrinet

Hair Department Head
Jan Archibald

Assistant Gaffer
Bruno Verstraete

Finance
Alexandre Lippens

First Assistant Director
Philippe Larue

Makeup Designer
Amber Sibley

Makeup Department Head
Caitlin Tanner

Gaffer
John Welsh

Finance
Daniel Marquet

Executive Producer
Ève François Machuel

Screenplay
Christian Carion

Finance
Geneviève Lemal

Gaffer
Pierre Stenuit

Key Grip
Kris Theuwis

Makeup Artist
Bärbel Engler

Special Effects Supervisor
Martial Vallanchon

Sound Designer
Jean-Noël Yven

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