Friday, December 7, at 7 p.m.

Peace Center of Delaware County

1001 Old Sproul Rd., Springfield, PA

FREE!

Joyeux Noel

‘Merry Christmas’

Christmas 1914, World War I rages across Europe. Soldiers on the front lines face unthinkable carnage. This Oscar-nominated "Best Foreign Language Film" is based on the true story of the unauthorized truce that inspired the song of "Christmas In The Trenches."

Winter winds blow across the no-mans-land as British and French troops hunker down in their trenches on one side of the divide, German troops in their trenches on the other.

The fates of a French lieutenant, a Scottish priest, a German tenor, and a Danish soprano will change forever, along with all the beleaguered souls who step out of their trenches this Christmas without guns. They greet their battlefield enemies with chocolate, a sip of wine, and a "Merry Christmas" — a sharing not to be tolerated by their superiors.

But, on this Christmas, they sing together a carol of peace!

2005. 116 mins. PG-13. Written and directed by Christian Carion. English, French and German with English subtitles.

Christmas Eve 1914

On a World War I battlefield, an event changed the lives of soldiers from France, Germany, and England.

Based on a true story.

Peace Center of Delaware County

First-Friday Film Series

Springfield Friends Meetinghouse

(Behind Mr. Car Wash, at the corner of Old Marple and

Rt. 320/W Sproul Road)

7 p.m. — Free — Large Screen

Doors open 6:30 p.m. for light refreshments.

After-film discussion

Directions: www.delcopeacecenter.org

(610) 544-1818

Cosponsosred by Brandywine Peace Community

DESIGN: PUDDINRIVER


Directed by


Robert Redford


Coming Fri., January 4, 2013

In times of war, the law falls silent.

—Cicero