Directed by Rodney Gibbons. Fact-based World War II story set on Christmas Eve, 1944, finds a German Mother and her son seeking refuge in a cabin on the war front. Silent Night is a suspenseful and deeply thought provoking movie based on a true story. The pause in fighting was not universally observed, nor had it been sanctioned by commanders on either side, but, along some two-thirds of the Anglo-German front, the guns fell silent. Christmas Truce, (December 24–25, 1914), impromptu cease-fire that occurred along the Western Front during World War I. Weintraub, Stanley. Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce. Later I talked to American, British and French Soldiers about it and some of them had experienced the same thing on whatever front they had been fighting on, (Italy, France, Holland). I have talked to Veterans of WW1 and they tell similar stories. Two popular stories contribute to its appeal: one concerning the circumstances of its composition in Oberndorf, near Salzburg in Austria, and the other its role in the Christmas Truce of 1914 when the opposing forces walked out of their trenches to greet their enemies and share food and drink. With Linda Hamilton, Matthew Harbour, Romano Orzari, Alain Goulem.

This incident has stayed in my memory all these years (56) and when I hear Silent Night I remember. "Silent Night" (German: "Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht") is a popular Christmas carol, composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr in the small town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria. The song has been recorded by many singers across many music genres. It was declared an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2011. It reflects the true message of Christmas in an unexpected and challenging way: warring enemies are forced to accept and keep a truce for one night, just long enough for light to … ISBN 0-684-87281-1. Few Christmas carols evoke the season of peace and goodwill as readily as Silent Night. New York: The Free Press, 2001.