
On Christmas Eve in 1818, parish assistant Joseph Mohr is on the road. Despite the freezing cold, he has just blessed a poor farming family and is now on his way back to Oberndorf near Salzburg. Once home, the assistant pastor puts his thoughts into a poem on this quiet night. His friend, the teacher and organist Gruber, is asked to compose a melody for it. The birth of the world's most famous Christmas carol.
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Cast
Paul Richter
Lois

Hans Marr
Sternwirt
Any Hartmann
Trautel
Felix Gruber
Lehrer Gruber
Klara Boeck
Elisabeth
Max Weydner
Pfarrer Josef Mohr
Jo Zschoke
Fanny - Leonhards Verlobte
Heinz Galetzki
Leonhard - Sohn des Sternwirts
Josef Berger
Domorganist
Rosa Kirchner-Lang
Magd
Joseph Messner
Self - as Dirigent der Messe im Dom
Weihbischof Filzer
Self - as Priester des Hochamtes im Salzburger Dom
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