The Christmas Tree (1969 film)

The Christmas Tree

Directed by	Terence Young
Produced by	Robert Dorfmann
Written by	Michel Bataille
Starring	William Holden
Music by	Georges Auric
Cinematography	Henri Alekan
Edited by	Monique Bonnot

L'Arbre de Noël (internationally released as The Christmas Tree) is a 1969 French drama film directed by Terence Young.^[1] It was defined as "the most tearful film of sixties".^[2] The film was co-produced by Italy where it was released as L'albero di Natale.

Plot

The story follows a Frenchman named Laurent and his son Pascal, who live somewhere in France. Along the way, the widower Laurent meets and falls for the beautiful Catherine, but also learns that his son is dying after witnessing the explosion of a plane with a nuclear device inside. Finding this out, Laurent and Pascal have a string of adventures with Catherine along.

Cast

William Holden: Laurent Ségur
Virna Lisi: Catherine Graziani
Bourvil: Verdun
Brook Fuller : Pascal Ségur
Mario Feliciani: Paris doctor
Madeleine Damien: Marinette
Friedrich von Ledebur: Vernet
Georges Douking: Pet owner
Jean-Pierre Castaldi: The motorcycle policeman
Yves Barsacq: Charlie Lebreton

References

↑ Mario Gerosa. Il cinema di Terence Young. Il foglio, 2009.
↑ Laura, Luisa and Morando Morandini. Il Morandini: dizionario dei film 2001. Zanichelli, Bologna, 2000. p. 34. ISBN 88-08-03105-5.

External links

The Christmas Tree at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Terence Young

Films directed	Corridor of Mirrors (1948) One Night with You (1948) Woman Hater (1948) They Were Not Divided (1950) Valley of Eagles (1951) The Tall Headlines (1952) The Red Beret (1953) That Lady (1955) Storm Over the Nile (1955; with Zoltan Korda) Safari (1956) Zarak (1956) Action of the Tiger (1957) No Time to Die (1958) Serious Charge (1959) Too Hot to Handle (1960) Black Tights (1961) Duel of Champions (1961) Dr. No (1962) From Russia With Love (1963) The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965) The Dirty Game (1965; with Christian-Jacque, Werner Klingler, and Carlo Lizzani) Thunderball (1965) The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966; TV) Triple Cross (1966) The Rover (1967) Wait Until Dark (1967) Mayerling (1968) The Christmas Tree (1969) Cold Sweat (1970) Red Sun (1971) The Valachi Papers (1972) War Goddess (1973) The Klansman (1974) Jackpot (1974-1975; unfinished) Foxbat (1977; with Po-Chih Leong) Bloodline (1979) Inchon (1981) The Jigsaw Man (1984) Run for Your Life (1988)

Documentaries	Theirs Is the Glory (with Brian Desmond Hurst) (1946)

Screenplays	On the Night of the Fire (1939) Dangerous Moonlight (1941) Secret Mission (1942) On Approval (1944) Hungry Hill (1947) The Bad Lord Byron (1949) Atout coeur à Tokyo pour OSS 117 (1966)

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