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.
Fun facts
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Music
Music by Robert Ziegler
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Hans Schneeberger
Details
- Director
- Original title
- Das unsterbliche Lied
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 11, 1934
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- Germany, Switzerland
Production
Cast
Paul RichterLois
Hans MarrSternwirt- Any HartmannTrautel
- Felix GruberLehrer Gruber
- Klara BoeckElisabeth
- Max WeydnerPfarrer Josef Mohr
- Jo ZschokeFanny - Leonhards Verlobte
- Heinz GaletzkiLeonhard - Sohn des Sternwirts
- Josef BergerDomorganist
- Rosa Kirchner-LangMagd
- Joseph MessnerSelf - as Dirigent der Messe im Dom
- Weihbischof FilzerSelf - as Priester des Hochamtes im Salzburger Dom
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