The parish priest looks to create a Nativity scene for his church, but his congregation is too poor to afford the statuary dealer's price for a statue of baby Jesus. The miracle, then, is that the faithful's prayers are answered by the appearance of angels and the Virgin Mary, who present them with a statue.
Watch the official The Parish Priest's Christmas 1906 trailer in HD below.
France 20 November 1906
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18 September 2003
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.
24 May 2006
A retelling of the story of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette - from her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at fifteen to her reign as queen at nineteen and ultimately the fall of Versailles.
15 December 2005
A solitary nurse bonds with a badly burned patient who survived an accident on an oil rig.
02 September 1999
A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.
27 June 2007
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979.
04 September 2002
An anthology of short films inspired by the events of the September 11 World Trade Center attacks.
07 March 2003
A fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before she dies without telling her family of her illness.
02 May 2012
Ali must lie and say she is her wife's sister so she can be with her in the hospital. Through Ali's memories, we see the women's relationship develop as Ali faces the truth in the present.
07 December 2000
Several lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner's course in Italian as the platform to meet the romance of their lives.
23 April 2014
Pierre has been happily married for fifteen years and a good father. Still in love with his wife, he enjoys his wife and family and is content.
08 September 2014
Detectives and best friends Andreas and Simon lead vastly different lives; Andreas has settled down with his beautiful wife and son; while Simon, recently divorced, spends most of his waking hours getting drunk at the local strip club.
23 January 1998
The film tells the story of Russian emigree and the only survivor from ship crash Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of 19th century.
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1906:
02 June 1906
Two boys and their dog set out to play a series of practical jokes on their neighbors. After they have caused several disruptions, the police are called, and soon the boys are on the run, pursued by the police and others.
01 May 1906
Footage shot not long after the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco is edited together so that more than one scene and more than one vantage are included.
18 May 1906
This pseudo-newsreel uses special effects to illustrate the fire caused by the San Francisco earthquake.
08 October 1906
A magical glowing white motorcar ignores policemen, drives up buildings, flies through outer space, and can transform into a horse and carriage.
06 September 1906
Views and pans among the ruins of San Francisco after the earthquake and fire.
15 December 1906
After the San Francisco Earthquake knocked the city out, and the fires did more damage, many of the refugees from the devastated area settled in a tent city in Jefferson Square.
19 August 1906
Shows how they cut the wool off of sheep.
06 September 1906
This Lubin actuality of the aftermath of the San Francisco Earthquake begins with a group of men, pans to the left, and the people vanish, leaving only the shattered landscape.
01 January 1906
It is a dramatic film, with its colossal explosion and smouldering remains. Within seconds of the chimney's collapse, crowds swarm in to inspect the site; issues of the crowd's health and safety are clearly not a concern, as people smile, wave and salute the camera.
02 June 1906
Early film of a crowded street scene in an unidentified Indian city.
13 June 1906
A view of Copenhagen primarily from the perspective of a sea traveler.
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