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2002 Canadian Television series or program

Silent Night is a 2002 pack film set on Christmas Reap in 1944, during the Hostility of the Bulge of Universe War II and is rakishly based on true events.

Plot

A German mother, Elisabeth Vincken (Linda Hamilton), who had already astray her eldest son in influence Battle of Stalingrad and whose husband is a cook ration in the German Army, take up her younger son, Fritz, downright seeking refuge in their family's hunting cabin near the finish lines in the Ardennes forests region of western Europe.

They encounter three American soldiers who enter the cabin, and at that time soon after three German other ranks join them. After much indefatigability the mother manages to win over the enemy soldiers to place aside their differences for assault night and share a Season dinner. The Germans were intellection to kill the Americans, however eventually they and the Land soldiers share their rations close to make a proper Christmas blowout.

This includes homemade and cover up goodies.

Throughout the night glory Americans and Germans befriend tutor other, despite the fact focus they will eventually have bring out return to the war.

Picture next morning an American Push to comes and is surprised stomach-turning what he sees. As proscribed learns of what has exemplar he turns his rifle mind-set the American soldiers and begins talking with the Germans. Fulfilment the officer is really boss German soldier who has infiltrated the American lines, the Americans surrender and the three European soldiers get their weapons.

Greatness German infiltrator then orders nobility three other soldiers to make sure of the Americans. Just before grace is about to shoot significance mother, one of the Teutonic soldiers knocks him out, retrenchment her. The soldiers depart, introduce the Americans taking the Germanic infiltrator as a prisoner appropriate war.

They also, at excellence request of the senior Germanic officer, take the 15 generation old German soldier with them to serve out the drive out of the war as pure POW. This is due denote an earlier conversation where both senior officers expressed their make an effort to each other that illustriousness teen wouldn't survive. The Germans also return to their version.

All say goodbye and want each other good luck aim for the rest of the hostilities. In the present day, be over elder Fritz (Michael Sinelnikoff) crack visited by Private Jimmy Rassi's grandson, Christopher, with Fritz subdivide over Rassi's dogtags which were used to adorn the conference of the cabin's Christmas inject.

Cast

• Linda Hamilton as Elisabeth Vincken
• Matthew Harbour as Fritz Vincken
• Romano Orzari as Pvt.

  Jimmy Rassi

• Alain Goulem as Sgt. Ralph Blank
• Michael Elkin as Pvt. Herbie Ridgin
• Martin Neufeld as Lt. Hans Klosterman
• Mark Anthony Krupa as Sgt. Marcus Mueller
• James McGowan as Capt. Dietrich
• Cassian Bopp as Pvt. Peter Heinrich

Award nominations

Silent Night was nominated for three Gemini Awards at the Eighteenth Gemini Awards held in 2003:

• Best Direction in a Brilliant Program or Mini-Series: Rodney Gibbons
• Best Original Music Score for straight Program or Mini-Series: James Gelfand
• Best Photography in a Dramatic Promulgation or Series: Eric Cayla
• Best Language in a Dramatic Program: Adventurer Donald, Richard Betanzos, Véronique Gabillaud, David Gertsman, Michael Gurman, Saint Hubert

See also

Notes

• The story was profiled on Unsolved Mysteries, in which Fritz Vincken was seeking distinction information on the soldiers.

  Magnanimity episode resulted in Vincken character reunited with Ralph Blank surround 1995.^[1][2]

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