Overview
December 1914. As families across Europe gather to celebrate Christmas, a
generation of young men find themselves far away from their loved ones
in the trenches of the Western Front. There they face a world seemingly
devoid of any peace or goodwill. But on Christmas Eve 1914, as the men
of the Warwickshire Regiment shelter in their trenches, something
astonishing happens. Across no-man's land they hear music. The German
soldiers are singing Christmas carols; the same carols their families
are listening to, hundreds of miles away in Birmingham, Warwick and
Stratford-upon-Avon. Leaving their trenches, carrying only their courage
and their humanity, they go to meet their enemies; not to fight, but
talk, to exchange gifts, to celebrate Christmas. And the next day,
together, they play an unforgettable game of football.