The Legend of Silent Night
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The Legend of Silent Night | |
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Directed by | Daniel Mann |
Starring | see below |
Narrated by | Kirk Douglas |
Distributed by | American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1968) (USA) (TV) (original airing), now CBS Television Distribution |
Release date | 25 December 1968 (USA) |
Running time | ca 2:00:00 |
Country | USA |
Language | English |
The Legend of Silent Night is a 1968 American television film directed by Daniel Mann and starring James Mason, Kirk Douglas and John Leyton.
Plot[]
Pastor Josef Mohr shows his poem to the local church organist Franz Gruber and Gruber composes music to the lyrics resulting in "Silent Night".
Cast[]
- James Mason as Franz Gruber
- Kirk Douglas as Narrator
- John Leyton as Pastor Joseph Mohr
- Claudia Butenuth as Gretchen
- as Ernst
Production[]
The Legend of Silent Night was filmed in Salzburg and Vienna, Austria.
See also[]
- Silent Night, Holy Night (1976)
- Silent Mouse (1988)
References[]
External links[]
Categories:
- English-language films
- 1968 films
- 1968 television films
- American films
- American television films
- Films set in Austria
- Films set in the 1810s
- American Christmas films
- Christmas television films
- Christmas television film stubs