Joyeux Noel Film Excerpt

[Therealjimslip]

The combination of the images and the searing violin tears your heart out. Such a shame the troops in WW1 hadn't just turned their guns on their officers and simply gone home.

[xxlindseeey]

such a beautiful movie...see the captian guy, my mum was sat next him on the train one day

[glovefet]

That regiment would appear to be scottish. Is anyone familiar with the tartan. Could it be the blackwatch perhaps?

[Septimanien]

Un génocide Européen ! merci les capitalistes !

[glovefet]

Can anyone tell me which regiment this is?

[dianelady52]

The violin is just exquisite-I would love to hear more of your playing. Just beautiful. Thank you for posting the videos.

[TheBasicStuff]

you make friends in a battle before war,after the battle you lose them,next time,i am not going to make anymore friends.

[baroquemusician1]

Ahh man that is sooo sad!! you guys might be interested in this song about this event "Christmas in the Trenches" by John McCutcheon

[sdcoyote70]

If you go to my page here on youtube and click on my website there is a link there, "Christmas Truce" which takes you to a UK website with letters, describing the truces, written by the soldiers.

[m1grand70]

wait a minute, was the scottish officer testing the mens will to kill and find out if they actually have a good heart? Did he say "Shame" at 1:48? Sorry for my confusion but i am truly in denial of this whole truce, to see such brutal conflict then to see enemys in peace during war is truly a golden event.

[baroquemusician1]

@m1grand70 yeah he says "shame, shame on you" - completely horrid!

[Haselbet]

@m1grand70

Actually the officer did not participate in the Truce so he did not befriend the Germans. He than has no remorse in killing. Jonathan, the one who shot lost his brother so he wanted revenge on the Germans.

[Dauntless07]

I found the translation...

Ponchel: Be silly to die disguised as a German, eh?

Lieutenant Audebert: What the devil were you doing?

Ponchel: I had a German help me. I saw my mother. We drank a coffee, just like before... You have a son.

*Audebert crying*

Ponchel: His name is Henri.

*Ponchel dies* *sobbing*

[Dauntless07]

Very sad scene, very good acting! Can anyone translate the French?

[LatchesPH]

It remind me something: my grand grand father was in the French army and his sons were in the German army. How do you feel like when your "enemy" is maybe your own son? When you will maybe kill your own son? Only one of his 3 sons came back: my grand father... and I'm French... this is such a bizarre situation...

[tusk70]

@LatchesPH

your story reminds me at my own family. My grand-grandfathers from my mothers side were french.

I´m german and Germany is my fatherland but Europe is my motherland.

We are all relatives!

[HolyColt777]

I thought the soundtrack was good, but this takes the cake! This violin solo is quite brilliant. I would be grateful if this could be made into a track. I keep coming back just to listen to it. Its just to amazing of an addition.

[Fridomfry]

Moving, but very theatrical. A lieutenant from the 28th Infantry regiment, losing his nerves and exposing himself in no-man's land to cuddle a wounded friend? Unthinkable. He might have risked his life to bring a wounded back to his trench - not to weep in the view of the enemy.

It's a niiice movie, not a good one - quite unrealistic.

[MANTASTICmonday]

At the time, there was a cease fire and all the enemy soldiers celebrated Christmas together that night. The men were reluctant to fire because they were now on good terms with each other. The lieutenant was counting on their humanity to not fire on him.

And it happened...

[Fridomfry]

That's romance, my friend, regrettably. There was NOT a general cease-fire and only a few small units celebrated Christmas together with the enemy that night. I have read diaries written by French and Belgian soldiers. They had recent memories of German invaders burning cities, shooting hostages, waving white flags or wearing French uniforms to lure Allied soldiers into deadly traps: Most of the French and Belgians did not feel like fraternizing with enemy soldiers. In the Middle-Ages, yes.

[veldepictures]

My grandfather was during the 1st World War I in France. He said later that he has played with French soldiers during a lull cards. So there were Frenchmen, were getting with the enemy. Certainly, soldiers from France and Belgium were not moving so quickly to such actions as soldiers from UK, because they were fighting on the ground purposely.

regards Holger

[Fridomfry]

Gut zu wissen, daß es noch etwas Menschheit in dieser Hölle gab !

[seusgordo]

1:37 son of a bit**, cock sucker, evil guy, onion thief, cow striper, and... and... and other names...

[acheron507]

he losted his brother :/

[seusgordo]

very good movie i watched its very very good

[forstylize]

oh...i watch this movie... so i crying...sad...

nestall...

[sternaparadisea]

la piu' stupida di tutte le stupide guerre ... voluta fortemente per interesse e nutrita di falsi valori...

the most stupid of all stupid wars... brought about by sheer interest and kept aflame by distorted values...

[LadyTigerLily]

I watched this film with the commentary. The sermon at the end was an actual sermon that was written to encourage war mongering.

Poor Ponchel, he was one of my favourite characters. This is a fabulous movie, and your playing is wonderful.

[chene60]

Yes of course, I knew it but you're right, it's important to make know that the sermon was rally said to the soldiers.

[LadyTigerLily]

This and the warmonger poems at the beginning really demonstrate how war divides us by attempting to other everyone else.

Reminds me of Bob Dylan's "With God on Our Side"

[Ringlord3434]

this is probably one of the saddest parts in the movie

[elliecoffey]

hey, is this the english version of the film? if you could please tell me, that'd be great.

[StuderRevox]

Hi Ellie, This is the English version of the film yes. It has subtitles too as far as i know, but the selection that i posted i edited it myself. I basically added the violin solo piece that appears at the end credits of the film to this part to male it more effective just for youtube!!! Do you like it? I am playing the violin solo in the film ;) Hope that helps. Bye Carmine

[Ringlord3434]

ur playing that violin?

tres magnifique!

[StuderRevox]

Yes i am playing the solo violin in the film. I love this score and i want to play it again in concert this time, if i ever find the music again. If Mr Rombi reads this i would like that he gets in touch with me please.

[RAAM90]

ahhh man thanks a lot for posting, i love this film. where can i found the overture??