A Midnight Clear
1992 · Movie · R · 108 min · ★ 6.5 · 83% critics
During a snowy Christmas in 1944 France, a small American reconnaissance unit encounters a German group that wants to surrender rather than keep fighting. Cut off from the larger battle, the two sides share a brief, uneasy pause in the woods, until a risky plan and mounting pressure push them back toward violence.
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Details
- Years
- 1992
- Release date
- 1992-04-24
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 83/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (126 votes)
- Box office
- $1,526,697
- Budget
- $5,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a somber, character-focused WWII story about fear, compassion, and uneasy truces, closer in spirit to Hamburger Hill than a nonstop action film; Not for you if you want constant combat or strict historical realism.
Pros: haunting winter atmosphere; thoughtful anti-war tone; strong ensemble acting | Cons: slow, talky stretches; premise feels contrived; uneven realism
Themes
- germany
- world war ii
- christmas
Cast & crew
Peter Berg
as Bud Miller
Kevin Dillon
as Mel Avakian
Arye Gross
as Stan Shutzer
Ethan Hawke
as Will Knott
Gary Sinise
as Vance 'Mother' Wilkins
Frank Whaley
as Paul 'Father' Mundy
John C. McGinley
as Major Griffin
Larry Joshua
as Lieutenant Ware
- DJ
David Jensen
as Sergeant Hunt
Curt Lowens
as Older German Soldier
Directed by Keith Gordon