The Christmas Tree (1996)

  • NR
  • 12/22/1996 (US)
  • Drama, Family, TV Movie
  • 1h 33m

Overview

A story about a forming friendship between an elderly nun, Sister Anthony, and New York's Rockefeller Center's head landscape architect Richard Reilly, who wants to fell a tree she's been growing for decades and move it to New York for Christmas display.

Sally Field

Director

Julie Salamon

Novel

Jill Weber

Novel

Cast

Julie Harris's headshot

Julie Harris

Sister Anthony
Trini Alvarado's headshot

Trini Alvarado

Beth
Andrew McCarthy's headshot

Andrew McCarthy

Richard Reilly
Suzi Hofrichter's headshot

Suzi Hofrichter

Anna 1939
Betty Aberlin's headshot

Betty Aberlin

Sister Sarah
Nili Bassman's headshot

Nili Bassman

Anna 1950
Imogene Bliss's headshot

Imogene Bliss

Sister Lucia 1996
Therese Courtney's headshot

Therese Courtney

Mother Superior 1939

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