All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914
PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):
Saturday, Dec. 21, at 8 PM
Sunday, Dec. 22, at midnight
The Western Front. Christmas. 1914. Out of the violence comes a silence, then a song. A German soldier steps into no-man’s-land singing “Stille Nacht.” Thus begins an extraordinary night of camaraderie, music and peace. This award-winning docu-musical theatre production recreates an astounding moment in history when Allied and German soldiers laid down their arms to celebrate the holiday together. This remarkable story is told through the words of WWI poets, official war documents, diary entries and letters written by more than thirty WWI soldiers. The historic documents are woven together with iconic WWI songs and European Christmas carols to create a profound retelling of this extraordinary moment in history.
