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    Post dates are when I watched, parenthetical dates are the year of US release (aka Oscar eligibility).

12/01/2010

Silent Night (2002)

Near the end of World War II, a German mother and her pre-teen son journey from their home to an old hunting cabin near the front lines. They are quickly invaded by American soldiers desperate to tend to their seriously wounded friend and then by German soldiers. The strongwilled Elisabeth welcomes them all but insists that all guns be left outside and that her home be treated as neutral territory.

It's a pretty moving story that's been slightly too sanitized for broadcast as a Hallmark movie.

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