Product Details

• Actors: Linda Hamilton, Matthew Harbour, Romano Orzari, Alain Goulem, Martin Neufeld
• Directors: Rodney Gibbons
• Writers: Roger Aylward
• Producers: Irene Litinsky, Michael Prupas, Rory J. Aylward, Steven Hewitt, Steven Jay Rubin
• Format: Color, DVD, Original recording remastered, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Platinum Disc
• DVD Release Date: November 8, 2005
• Run Time: 86 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (89 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000C8STSK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,785 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Silent Night" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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SILENT NIGHT - DVD Movie

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115 of 116 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SILENT NIGHT, WELL-SPENT NIGHT, November 28, 2003

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Avie L. Hern "[e-mail]" (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Silent Night (DVD)

I wasn't at the Battle of the Bulge, the last great battle of World War II whose little-known and unknown byways form the locale of this true-life story, but SILENT NIGHT is, in its way, as evocative and illuminating of this momentous event in history as its far-better-known counterpart, the 1949 front-line combat film, BATTLEGROUND.

Rather than concentrating on the fierce, frozen struggle that the Bulge certainly was -- leaving as it did, thousands of Americans and Germans dead in the dark, snowy Huertgen Forest during that brutal winter of 1944-'45 -- SILENT NIGHT deals with the intertwined universality of soldiers' longing for home, a war-weary German mother's longing for peace in her own home, and her little boy's desperate need for a sign that the world he'll inherit might be filled by something other than the hollow, ranted slogans of the Hitler Youth.

The performances, especially those of Linda Hamilton, as the frightened, yet determined, Frau Vincken, and the young men who play the GI's and Wehrmacht infantrymen, convincingly convey the snow-blanched weariness and wariness that surely contributed to the real participants' touch-and-go attempt to lay aside their arms for one last wartime Christmas, as a sign that their world may have tired of its madness.

Also utterly convincing, by the way, is the film's depiction of the snowbound German landscape -- photographed, as I understand it, in Quebec in the height of summer!

63 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Silent Night - excellent Christmas film, November 12, 2003

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This review is from: Silent Night (DVD)

Too often during the holidays, we are bombarded with sugary sweet films with adorable kids and silly stories. This is not one of those, but instead is an intelligent and touching memoir of an exceptional and true night in the life of a young boy and his mother. Well acted and well written, Silent Night tells the story of a woman's struggle to keep peace in her mountain cabin during a Christmas Eve when several American and German soldiers find their way to her door. She not only manages to do that, but during the evening, she reaches the heart of each of her guests, stirring their humanity and their wishes for the end of the war. As they share their meal, they share bits of their 'real' lives with each other and begin to see each other as men, not just enemies. Linda Hamilton is excellent as the mother and leads a solid cast in this wonderful and warm story. Highly recommended for all members of the family.

50 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended holiday fare, December 3, 2004

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M. J Gehrking "mjgee" (Pewaukee, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Silent Night (DVD)

I, too, stumbled upon this gem one evening last year & caught it near the beginning. Meaning to return to my orginal program, I found I could not turn away. The characters are believable and well-acted, the plot is a welcome reminder to what the true meaning of Christmas should be...peace on earth and good will to all. I hope Hallmark will consider marketing this classic to a broader audience.