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The First Silent Night: The Christmas Carol That United the World
The First Silent Night: The Christmas Carol That United the World
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The First Silent Night: The Christmas Carol That United the World

2014
Directed byPeter Beveridge
0h 50m

Renowned actor Simon Callow traces the 200-year history of Silent Night, traveling to Oberndorf and Salzburg to uncover the carol’s humble beginnings. The film follows the lives of Joseph Mohr and Franz Gruber, two impoverished Austrian children whose paths converged in a small church, where Gruber’s melody joined Mohr’s lyrics to create the world’s most beloved carol. Born from hardship and hope after the Napoleonic wars, Silent Night transformed a quiet night’s story into a universal message of peace.

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Simon CallowSelf - Host - NarratorWerner Thuswaldner
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Self - Historian and author
Martin HochleitnerSelf - Historian and curator of the Salzburg Museum
Renate Ebeling-WinklerSelf - Vice President of the Silent Night Society
Max GurtnerSelf - Curator of the Stille Nacht Museum
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Documentary
STATUSReleased
RATING
NR

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