The Christmas Tree

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Sally Field

Writers

Janet Brownell, Sally Field, Julie Salamon

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

22 December 1996

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Julie Harris

  Sister Anthony

• 

  Andrew McCarthy

  Richard Reilly

• 

  Trini Alvarado

  Beth

• Suzi Hofrichter

  Anna 1939

• 

  Jessica Hecht

  Sister Mary

• 

  Nili Bassman

  Anna 1950

• 

  Betty Aberlin

  Sister Sarah

• 

  Anne Pitoniak

  Mother Superior Francis

• Therese Courtney

  Mother Superior 1939

• Imogene Bliss

  Sister Lucia 1996

• Lulee Fisher

  Sister Rose

• Lynne Innerst

  Sister Francis 1939