Silent Night

Overview

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.

Directed by Hans Marr

Top cast

P

Paul Richter

Lois

Hans Marr

Sternwirt

A

Any Hartmann

Trautel

F

Felix Gruber

Lehrer Gruber

K

Klara Boeck

Elisabeth

M

Max Weydner

Pfarrer Josef Mohr

J

Jo Zschoke

Fanny - Leonhards Verlobte

H

Heinz Galetzki

Leonhard - Sohn des Sternwirts

J

Josef Berger

Domorganist

R

Rosa Kirchner-Lang

Magd

J

Joseph Messner

Self - as Dirigent der Messe im Dom

W

Weihbischof Filzer

Self - as Priester des Hochamtes im Salzburger Dom

Details