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Christmas Holiday(Movie, 1944)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 33min | Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance / Love
Christmas HolidayRating: 3.3/5 (with 1212 votes)
Christmas Holiday is a 1944 American film noir crime film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Deanna Durbin and Gene Kelly. Based on the 1939 novel of the same name by W. Somerset Maugham, the film is about a woman who marries a Southern aristocrat who inherited his family's streak of violence and instability and soon drags the woman into a life of misery. After he is arrested, the woman runs away from her husband's family, changes her name, and finds work as a singer in a New Orleans dive. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Musical Score for Hans J. Salter. ()
Movie poster of Christmas Holiday

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Awards & Nominations for Christmas Holiday

Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

About Christmas Holiday

Don't be fooled by the title. Christmas Holiday is a far, far cry from It's a Wonderful Life. Told in flashback, the story begins as Abigail Martin marries Southern aristocrat Robert Monette. Unfortunately, Robert has inherited his family's streak of violence and instability, and soon drags Abigail into a life of misery.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 8 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Korean (KO), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 01/01/1944 (World premiere: 07/31/1944)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Der Weihnachtsurlaub"
"W. Somerset Maugham's Christmas Holiday"
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:38185, Added: 03/10/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024