The Christmas Tree

The Christmas Tree

93 mins | Drama, Family, TV Movie | Dec. 22, 1996

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.

The Christmas Tree

93 mins | Drama, Family, TV Movie | Dec. 22, 1996

The Christmas Tree
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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Walt Disney Pictures, Fogwell Films
Original title The Christmas Tree
Directors Sally Field
Writers Jill Weber, Julie Salamon, Janet Brownell, Sally Field

Cast

Julie Harris

as Sister Anthony

Andrew McCarthy

as Richard Reilly

Trini Alvarado

as Beth

Jessica Hecht

as Sister Mary

Shannon Holt

as Sister Lucia 1939

Betty Aberlin

as Sister Sarah

Anne Pitoniak

as Mother Superior Francis

Imogene Bliss

as Sister Lucia 1996

Nili Bassman

as Anna 1950

Lulee Fisher

as Sister Rose

Lynne Innerst

as Sister Francis 1939

Therese Courtney

as Mother Superior 1939

Suzi Hofrichter

as Anna 1939

Kathleen McEntee

as Sister Margaret

Chad Luberger

as Roy

Zachary Mott

as Anna's Father

Beverly Owings

as Matron

Collin Quinn

as Tom

David Whalen

as Sven

Cornell J. Wallace

as Harvey

Jaime Shapiro

as Doreen