The Christmas Tree
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
93 min
Release Date
1996-12-22
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
7
Vote Average
6.1
Julie Harris
Sister Anthony
Andrew McCarthy
Richard Reilly
Trini Alvarado
Beth
Jessica Hecht
Sister Mary
Shannon Holt
Sister Lucia 1939
Betty Aberlin
Sister Sarah
Anne Pitoniak
Mother Superior Francis
Imogene Bliss
Sister Lucia 1996
Nili Bassman
Anna 1950
Lulee Fisher
Sister Rose
Lynne Innerst
Sister Francis 1939
Therese Courtney
Mother Superior 1939
Suzi Hofrichter
Anna 1939
Kathleen McEntee
Sister Margaret
Chad Luberger
Roy
Zachary Mott
Anna's Father
Beverly Owings
Matron
Collin Quinn
Tom
Katherine Sweeney
Terry
David Whalen
Sven
Cornell J. Wallace
Harvey
Jaime Shapiro
Doreen
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