OPENING NIGHT

Tu, November 8 08:00 pm CinemaxX 8, Guests: Benno Fürmann, Thomas Schmauser

Merry Christmas
Director: Christian Carion, F/D/GB 2004, 115 min, 35 mm, colour, GS



Christmas 1914. West front. The German advance has come to a complete standstill. In the snow-filled trenches gruelling skirmishes take place between Germans and the allied French and Scottish troops. The enthusiasm for the war is below zero and the wish for at least a peaceful Christmas is felt on all sides. When Private Sprink sings "Silent Night", the Scottish bagpipes take up the melody and a little miracle takes place: the soldiers climb out of their trenches, the barbed wire is decorated with candles and there's whisky for everyone. The following day the dead are buried and there is even a football match. But alarmed at this fraternization with the enemy, the generals on both sides put a prompt end to this "madness".

See the Trailer to "Merry Christmas" / Trailer as high-quality-download (6.5 MB)

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Additionally we will show the short film:

Flatlife



Director: Jonas Geirnaert, Music: Ward Seyssens
B 2004, 11 min, 35 mm, colour, without dialogue

Hanging up a picture, building a card house, doing the washing or watching TV… The film humorously shows the deliberate (or not deliberate) interaction of several people beside each other in one building.

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